Agra: Three men, all cousins, died under mysterious circumstances after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor to celebrate a wedding engagement in Uttar Pradesh ’s Etah district on Wednesday, police said.
The deceased include Ajit Kumar (18), Shiv Kumar (19) and Jeetu Kumar (20), all residents of Kishorpura village under Nidholi Kalan police station limits. They managed to lie down on a cot roughly 500 m from their homes, where a fellow villager later spotted them and rushed them to a Community Health Centre where doctors declared all three dead on arrival. Authorities have launched an investigation to trace the source of liquor. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Agra | Silver Rate in Agra | Bank Holidays in Agra | Public Holidays in Agra | Agra AQI | Weather in Agra | Petrol Price in Agra | Diesel Price in Agra | CNG Price in Agra | LPG Price in Agra Stay updated with the latest Agra news.
ASP (Etah) Shwetabh Pandey said the matter was being investigated. He said the exact cause of the deaths would be established after the post-mortem examination and further probe. The trio had brought a bottle of liquor and consumed it inside the village school premises, according to preliminary reports.
Senior administrative and police officials reached the village following the incident and sent the bodies for post-mortem. Ajit and Jeetu worked in Maharashtra—in the tomato and shuttering businesses, respectively—while Shiv Kumar was a Class XII student. Shortly after heading back on a motorcycle, they experienced severe dizziness and fell off the bike. Download the TOI App.