Stray incident, says minister Chauhan

UP sports minister Chetan Chauhan on Saturday termed the state’s hooch tragedy as a stray incident, while saying none of the ministers consumes liquor.

“Hooch tragedies are stray incidents. During the previous regime, all sorts of crime were rampant in the state,” the cricketer-turned-politician said.

“None of the ministers in our government drinks alcohol. However, when the SP was in power, everything used to happen. Girls were raped in day light. Kidnappings took place.

Incidents of firing were common. Traders and businessmen were shot at. Cattle were forcibly taken away,” Chauhan told journalists.

Chauhan said that those responsible for the tragedies would not be spared.