In the forests outside Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, a young man's flight from justice ended with a bullet in his leg — a small, violent punctuation in a tragedy that has already claimed sixteen lives. The poisoned liquor that moved quietly through the district in early September left behind grief that no arrest can fully answer. Yet the law presses forward, weaving together a web of thirty accused across state lines, seeking not only perpetrators but the architecture of a network that turned ordinary thirst into death.
MP hooch tragedy: Key suspect arrested after police encounter; 19 held
At least 16 people have died from consuming spurious liquor in the Sagar tragedy, with one patient remaining in critical condition.