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The victims were admitted to the Jorhat Medical College Hospital (JMCH) and the Golaghat Kushal Konwar civil hospital. The CM asked upper Assam division commissioner Julie Sonowal to inquire into the incident leading to the deaths. Our investigation is on,” said additional superintendent of police (Golaghat) Dhruba Borah.Several organizations, including All Assam Student’s Union and Assam Tea Tribes’ Students Association, have blamed the state excise department for the incident. Merapani sub-divisional officer Shymal Kumar Gogoi said three people were in hospital and the victims did not belong to any tea garden. Two people died in Merapani, also in Golaghat district, while others fell sick after drinking illicit liquor..