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The '''2012 Odisha alcohol poisonings'''<ref>District collector refused to term it a case of "hooch tragedy", saying the people died after consuming spurious medicines and not liquor.</ref> (alternatively known as the '''Cuttack hooch tragedy''') killed at least 29 people in the [[India]]n state of [[Odisha]] in February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hooch-kills-29-in-odisha-10-held-568941 |title=Hooch kills 29 in Odisha, 10 held |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=2012-02-09 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref><br />
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28 people died in [[Cuttack]] and one succumbed at the Capital hospital in [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Spurious-liquor-kills-29-in-Orissa/articleshow/11816971.cms?referral=PM |title=Spurious liquor kills 29 in Orissa - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-02-09 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref> As many as 51 others are still battling for survival in SCB Medical College and Hospital. The victims, mostly poor men from [[Cuttack]] and [[Khordha]] districts and the local brew seller himself, had consumed spurious liquor from a joint in Mahidharpada area of Cuttack on 6 February 2012. The liquor contained medicines such as that used to treat cold, cough and to dress wounds. Later, 10 people were arrested. They include the powerful and influential liquor kingpin's relatives and officials of the pharmaceutical companies who provided the liquor makers with chemicals.<br />
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Chief minister of Odisha [[Naveen Patnaik]] ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident. But, rejecting the government's decision of a judicial probe in the alcohol poisonings, opposition Congress party accused the state excise minister [[Ananga Udaya Singh Deo|A. U. Singhdeo]] of being responsible for the tragedy and alleged that the excise minister has direct links with the powerful liquor mafias of Odisha.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Congress-seeks-Lokpal-probe-in-liquor-deaths/articleshow/11830570.cms?referral=PM |title=Congress seeks Lokpal probe in liquor deaths - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-02-10 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Alcohol prohibition in India]]<br />
*[[List of alcohol poisonings in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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