Bhopal. There is news of death of 9 people due to poisonous liquor in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. According to the information, people died due to poisonous liquor in Banda area of Sagar. According to the news, these people were residents of Ghughar, Nauraj, Baraj and surrounding areas of Banda. The health of all of them deteriorated due to drinking alcohol on Saturday night. The family members took him to the hospital, but by that time he had died. The police is investigating the matter
Poisonous liquor wreaks havoc in MP
9 people died
Banda incident in Sagar district
Deceased residents of different villages
His health deteriorated after drinking alcohol on Saturday night. #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/mE9ndyPSp9
— Ravish Pal Singh (@ReporterRavish) September 6, 2026
Even before, people have been dying due to poisonous liquor in many states. Last August, 13 people died due to drinking poisonous liquor in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. More than a dozen people were admitted to the hospital there. Earlier, poisonous liquor had wreaked havoc in Patna, Saran and some other districts of Bihar. In Sangrur, Punjab too, people lost their lives due to poisonous liquor. According to the data of National Crime Records Bureau i.e. NCRB, every year hundreds to a thousand people die due to poisonous liquor.
Some chemicals are added while making country liquor in an unsafe manner. Due to which the liquor produced becomes poisonous. Liquor produced in companies contains ethyl alcohol, but poisonous liquor contains methyl alcohol. Which is poison. Apart from death, poisonous liquor also causes loss of eyesight and damage to the internal organs of the body. Many people drink raw liquor due to low price and lose their lives. Despite this, people do not desist from drinking raw liquor. As a result, with his death the family also reaches the brink of ruin.