Dirba : Alcohol containing methanol content was used for making spurious liquor which left 20 people dead in Punjab’s Sangrur district, police said on Saturday.
Police have arrested eight out of the 10 identified accused in connection with the Sangrur hooch tragedy, they said.
Eleven individuals are currently undergoing treatment at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, while six others are receiving medical care at the Civil Hospital in Sangrur,
Police have also recovered spurious liquor and other equipment used for manufacturing and labelling it from their possession.
Investigation revealed that alcohol with methanol content from a factory in Noida was procured by the accused.
Methanol is used in many industrial products, he said, adding that “It has a major content of methanol which is fatal.
Dhillon said both Harmanpreet and Gurlal, who had a criminal past, had planned it when they were in the Sangrur jail.
The SIT would supervise the uncovering of the backward and forward linkages, in this case, said police.
The police have identified and arrested several individuals from various villages in connection with the case.