The Malwani hooch tragedy nearly claimed another life yesterday, when the son of the main accused in the case tried to kill himself. According to the police, the teenager was facing harassment and abuse regularly at the hands of locals after the deadly mix of liquor his father served ended up killing 106 people last month.

The 17-year-old is the son of main accused Raju Paskar alias Raju Langda, and it was the killer brew which had methanol served at Paskar’s hooch joint in Malwani that caused the deaths of 106 people. According to the Malwani police, the boy stays in a single room and the adjacent room is occupied by his uncle.