The Madhya Pradesh Government on Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the spurious liquor incident in which six persons have died so far in Mandsaur district.
The committee, headed by Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Rajesh Rajora, includes Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) GP Singh and Inspector General (IG), Railways, MS Sikarwar, as members, as per the order issued by Home Department Secretary D Sreenivasa Verma.
The state government has constituted this SIT to inquire into the incident of death of six persons after alleged consumption of 'poisonous liquor' from all aspects, the order said.
On Tuesday, the death toll in the spurious liquor incident rose to six with the death of three more men during treatment, officials said. Four others are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.
"Three more men, two of them 40-year-old and another 35-year-old, died during treatment at different hospitals," Piplia Mandi police station in-charge OP Tantwar had said earlier in the day.
He said those undergoing treatment had reportedly purchased liquor from a dhaba (roadside hotel) and a liquor outlet.
Earlier, three persons died at Khakhrai village in the Mandsaur district on Saturday and Sunday after consuming liquor purchased from a local grocery shop. The exact cause of their deaths was not yet clear. Meanwhile, a 25-year-od patient told reporters that he had purchased liquor from a dhaba and started feeling uneasy after consuming it.
Another patient, a 23-year-old man, admitted in the Mandsaur district hospital, said he had purchased alcohol from a liquor outlet but suffered a blurred vision after drinking.