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CHANDIGARH: Under fire from the opposition over the spurious liquor tragedy that has claimed over 110 lives, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said no one will be spared if found complicit in the hooch deaths.
Describing the deaths in the hooch tragedy as “sheer murder”, the chief minister said he would now allow the “killers” to get away with it.
As many as 111 people have died in the hooch tragedy that took place in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur’s Batala.
The chief minister said he would finish off the liquor mafia in the state.
“No one, whether a politician or a public servant, will be spared if found complicit in the hooch deaths,” said the chief minister.
He said the entire force of the Punjab Police would crack down on the mafia.
Promising the strictest action in the matter, Singh said, “111 deaths have taken place because of spurious liquor. The entire police force and the Excise department have been put on the job, and I want this job to be finished in the next two days.”
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