Hooch tragedy: Plea in HC seeks probe by sitting judge or CBI
(WorldNews India)

In wake of the hooch tragedy that has killed over 100 in Punjab, a 33-year-old Mohali resident has filed a civil writ petition at the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking either a CBI probe or an inquiry by a sitting judge of the High Court. The petition has been accepted, but is yet to be taken up by the court. The petitioner, Parampreet Singh Bajwa, who is a practicing advocate in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a social activist, has pleaded that Punjab government has not taken the adequate steps for fair and impartial investigation in the case. The petitioner has stated that an illegal distillery-cum-liquor bottling plant which was unearthed at Rajpura and Ghanour in district...