Four people died and another was taken ill seriously apparently after consuming home-brewed alcoholic drink in Kamala Municipality of Dhanusa district.

According to DSP at Dhanusa District Police Office Govinda Thapaliya, Ram Nath Paswan, 40, of Lakkad Kamala Municipality-5, Ram Chandra Paswan, 50, Sabir Ansari, 45, and Mani Paswan, 36, of Singyahi Mada, died after drinking the hooch.

Body of one of the deceased, Mani Paswan, has been kept at the Janakpur Zonal Hospital. The condition of Jamun Paswan is critical, police said.

They drank the liquor in a feast organised at a local school before a local youth left for foreign employment. They were taken ill after the party and died on Wednesday.

District Police Office Dhanusha said an investigation has been launched find the details of the incident.