February 11, 2012 7:57 PM

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Odisha hooch death toll mounts to 36

In Odisha, the death toll in the hooch tragedy has increased to 36 with the death another person in the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack.About 66 people, who fell ill following drinking of spurious liquor are still under treatment in different hospitals in Bhubaneswar. At least six persons have lost vision after consuming the spurious liquor.Retired judge of Odisha High Court Justice A.S. Naidu will head the one-man judicial commission set up for probing the hooch tragedy. The Odisha High Court has already asked for a status report from the state government on the tragedy.The Opposition Congress and BJP have been demanding resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Health and Family Welfare Minister Prasanna Acharya taking moral responsibility for the hooch tragedy.

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