At least 56 persons died while 120 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor at hooch dens on Tuesday night at Sangrampur village at Mograhat in South 24-Parganas. It is feared the death toll will go up.
The hooch deaths led to an uproar in the state Assembly in Kolkata on Wednesday. The Opposition deman-ded that chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also the health minister, make a statement in the House.
State minister Subr-ata Mukherjee said later that four people had been arrested, and that each of the deceased would get `2 lakhs as compensation.