Spurious liquor kills 19 in dry Nagaland as police form SIT

In 'dry' Nagaland, 19 die of hooch poisoning; police probe underway. At least 19 people have died in Nagaland's Mokokchung and Tuensang districts over the past two days after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor, police said on Saturday. Nagaland has been a dry state for over three decades. Eight deaths were reported in Mokokchung district and 11 in Tuensang following the consumption of suspected illicit liquor, PTI reported. Police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Superintendent of Police I Bunglang Chang, to investigate the deaths and trace the source and supply chain of the suspected adulterated liquor, Senior S