In Bihar, seven persons died and 5 others were hospitalized after drinking illicit liquor at a village in Muzaffarpur district. District Administration has announced 20 thousand rupees as ex-gratia and one house through Indra Awas Yojna to the next of the kin of the dead. AIR correspondent reports that agitated people set on fire two liquor shops and blocked Muzaffarpur- Dewaria road.