Punjab, March 23 (HBTV): The death toll due to consumption of suspected spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district has climbed to twenty, with six more persons succumbing, officials said today.

A four-member special investigation team (SIT) led by an additional director general of police-rank officer has been constituted. 

Eleven people are undergoing treatment at Patiala's Rajindra Hospital and six at the Civil Hospital in Sangrur. 

Sangrur Civil Surgeon Kirpal Singh said today that 20 people have died so far in the incident. 

The officials said that the casualties have been reported from Gujran, Tibbi Ravidaspura, and Dhandoli Khurd villages in Dirba and Sunam blocks. 

The police have made six arrests so far, they said.  

The Aam Admi Party government has been under fire from the opposition parties Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal over the Sangrur hooch tragedy. 

A case has already been registered under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Excise Act. 

A four-member SIT headed by ADGP (law and order) Gurinder Singh Dhillon will supervise the investigations.