The New Indian Express ·
Sagar hooch tragedy: Karni Sena leader emerges as prime accused; CM Mohan Yadav orders judicial probe
BHOPAL: A man allegedly linked to the Karni Sena has emerged as the prime accused in the case related to a spurious liquor racket that has killed more than 20 villagers in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district.
“Out of the 16 accused arrested so far by the Sagar district police in the two FIRs registered at separate police stations, Karni Sena’s divisional president Chandrabhan Singh alias Chandu, a resident of Tatarwara village in Sagar district, has emerged as the prime accused,” Sagar district police superintendent Anurag Sujaniya said on Wednesday.
Chandrabhan, who has been arrested by the police, was allegedly operating the spurious liquor racket in association with Barethi licensed liquor vend operator Manish Lodhi alias Yashwant Thakur.
