PATNA: Three people died and four others were taken ill allegedly after consuming suspected spurious liquor in Vaishali district on Wednesday. Liquor is banned in Bihar.

The critically-ill persons were admitted to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) of Raghopur and the two dead bodies sent to Sadar hospital, Hajipur for post-mortem examination. The villagers of Chaksigarpur said that ten persons had held a liquor and fish party inside the premises of the primary school on Tuesday evening. "The villagers are claiming that the deaths of persons happened due to poisonous liquor and four others also fell ill. The family members of the victims are denying the charges. We are waiting for the post-mortem reports," Dayal said.

The villagers, after the incident, strongly protested against the district administration, alleging that liquor trade and consumption is taking place everywhere in the area and local police know about it but are not taking action. Following the incident, SDO Arun Kumar and SDPO Raghav Dayal reached the village and also took statements of persons admitted in the PHC.

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