{
  "id": 7105098,
  "title": "MP Police Arrest Sagar Hooch Tragedy Accused Following Encounter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/mp-police-arrest-sagar-hooch-tragedy-accused-following-encounter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T12:07:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-police-arrest-sagar-hooch-tragedy-accused-following-encounter"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Police in Madhya Pradesh have arrested Shivanajay Rajput, an accused in the Sagar hooch tragedy case, following a shootout, according to local authorities. The accused was armed with a Rs 30,000 reward for his arrest. Rajput was shot in the leg during the encounter with police, who recovered a country-made pistol, cartridges, mobile phone, and a motorcycle from him. The arrest occurred at the behest of Sagar SP Anurag Sujania, who had received instructions to apprehend the suspect. Rajput's arrest is related to the illicit liquor tragedy, in which at least 16 people have died due to suspected consumption of spurious liquor.",
  "summary": "Sagar (Madhya Pradesh ): Sagar Police have arrested Shivanajay Rajput, an accused in the illicit liquor tragedy case, following an encounter, police said. Rajput was carrying a reward of Rs 30,000 in connection with the case. According to Sagar Police, the accused was arrested after an encounter during which he sustained a bullet injury in his leg in retaliatory police firing. Following the…",
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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."
}