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As galore arsenic 22 unit from the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad police, on with the Maharashtra excise department, person been suspended for failing to curb the amerciable proviso of suspected spurious liquor that claimed 14 lives, officials said connected Saturday (May 30, 2026).
Eight persons, including a cardinal bootlegger, person been arrested successful transportation with the calamity that unfolded crossed Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune metropolis implicit a span of 2 days, prompting the Crime Investigation Department (CID) to instrumentality implicit the probe.
As per an bid issued by the Pune Police Commissionerate, elder Police Inspector Sanjay Mogale, attached to the Hadapsar constabulary station, Assistant Police Inspector Hasina Sikalgar and Sub-Inspector Hasan Mulani person been suspended for failing to curb the alleged amerciable commercialized and proviso of spurious liquor successful the Hadapsar area.
Apart from this, six officers from the Pimpri Chinchwad police, including a elder inspector, a Sub-Inspector and 4 Constables from Dapodi constabulary station, person been suspended, a elder authoritative from Pimpri Chinchwad constabulary said.
The State Excise section has besides placed 13 personnel, including 3 inspectors, six Sub-Inspectors and 4 staffers, nether suspension, Superintendent Atul Kanade said.
According to the police, 10 persons died successful the Phugewadi country of Pimpri Chinchwad, portion 4 others from the Pandhare Mala country successful Pune's Hadapsar succumbed aft consuming suspected spurious liquor. Five men suspected of consuming toxic liquor are undergoing attraction astatine a infirmary successful Pimpri Chinchwad.
