{
  "id": 6077726,
  "title": "MP’s Sagar Hooch Tragedy Claims 11 Lives; 84 Hospitalised, CM Mohan Yadav Orders Probe & Officials Face Axe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/mps-sagar-hooch-tragedy-claims-11-lives-84-hospitalised-cm-mohan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T00:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mps-sagar-hooch-tragedy-claims-11-lives-84-hospitalised-cm-mohan-yadav-orders-probe-officials-face-axe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An illegal liquor tragedy in Sagar district's Banda tehsil has claimed 11 lives and hospitalised 84 individuals, according to officials. The Chief Minister, Mohan Yadav, has ordered a probe into the incident and suspended four excise department personnel and two police personnel. The Collector of Banda, Pratibha Pal, confirmed that the death toll may rise further as some of the hospitalised patients are critical. The administration has sealed seven liquor shops in the affected area and is conducting door-to-door checks to identify affected individuals. Medical teams are providing advanced healthcare to the affected persons at government-run Bundelkhand Medical College and Hospital. The patients are experiencing symptoms such as vomiting, headache, and fever, which could indicate methyl alcohol poisoning, though the exact cause has not been confirmed.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Ten persons have died after consuming illegal spurious liquor in two villages of Banda tehsil of Sagar district on Sunday, collector Pratibha Pal said. Unofficial sources claim 11 people had died in the incident. The toll may rise further as some of the hospitalised persons were critical. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has announced a probe into the incident, while four…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}