The death toll from consuming toxic alcohol during Durga Puja celebrations in Bogura rose to four as two more persons died on Friday.
Abdul Manik, 25, died in the morning and Abdullahel Kafi, 30, in the afternoon at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in the ditrict.
Earlier, Mizanur Rahman Mondal, 50, passed away on Tuesday and Nasidul Islam, 27, on Thursday. All four deceased are residents of Khottapara Purba Para village in Shajahanpur Upazila, Bogura. Another person, Ranju Mia, 28, remains hospitalised in critical condition.
Shajahanpur police station officer-in-charge Shafiqul Islam said that on the evening of October 2, Dashami day, several people drank alcohol together near the Sanatan Dharmashala Puja Mandap in Bejora Madhyapara area of Shajahanpur upazila. After falling ill, they initially received treatment at home. As their condition worsened, family members admitted them to SZMC Hospital on October 4.
At the hospital, Mizanur Rahman Mondal died Tuesday night, Nasidul Islam Thursday night, and Abdul Manik and Abdullahel Kafi on Friday, he said.
The police officer added that no complaint was filed by the families, so the bodies were handed over without postmortem.
