Nearly four years after a hooch tragedy ripped through villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district, killing more than 100 people, families of the dead say justice remains incomplete. Ritessh Kumar, the village pradhan, said tracing affected families years later reveals the scale of damage the deaths left behind. But years later, families say the system has lost momentum. The compensation of Rs 5 lakh is grossly inadequate for families that lost their sole breadwinners,” he said. Families and activists continue to demand higher compensation and strict action against all those allegedly involved.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2026 16:45 UTC