Punjab: Death toll in Sangrur spurious liquor case rises to 20; EC seeks report from Chief Secretary, DGP

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death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district has climbed to twenty, with six more persons succumbing, officials on Saturday said. Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India on Saturday sought an immediate report from the Punjab chief secretary and the director general of police in the Sangrur hooch tragedy.
The Punjab chief electoral officer had written the chief secretary and the DGP to send an immediate preliminary report and a detailed report on Saturday regarding the entire event to apprise the Commission, according to an official statement.
The officials earlier said that a four-member special investigation team (SIT), led by an additional director general of police (ADGP) rank officer, has been set up in connection with the incident.

Eleven people are undergoing treatment at Patiala's Rajindra Hospital and six at the Civil Hospital in Sangrur.
Sangrur Civil Surgeon Kirpal Singh on Saturday said that 20 people have died so far in the incident.
The officials said that the casualties have been reported from Gujran, Tibbi Ravidaspura and Dhandoli Khurd villages in Dirba and Sunam blocks.
The police have made eight arrests in the case so far, they said.
The AAP government has been under fire from the opposition parties Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the Sangrur hooch tragedy.
A case has already been registered under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Excise Act.
The police on Saturday said that a high-level committee