India, May 31 -- The state Crime Investigation Department (CID), Pune, has officially taken over the investigation into the poisonous liquor tragedy that claimed 15 lives in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

According to a press note issued by the CID on Sunday, cases related to the consumption of spurious liquor were initially registered at Dapodi and Hadapsar police stations. The offences have been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Maharashtra Prohibition Act.

The Dapodi police registered cases under sections 105, 110, 123, 125, 275 and 3(5) of the BNS along with Sections 65(E), 68, 78 and 81, 83 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act. Similarly, Hadapsar police registered a case under the same provisions...