The deceased are -- Ramnath Rabidas, 60, Premnath Rabidas, 60, Sumon Rabidas, 36, Ramzan Ali, 65, Mehedi Hasan, 21, Abdur Razzak, 40, Ahad Ali, 40, Zulfiqar Rahman Foku, 56, Abdul Jalil, 65, Palash Mia, 34, Saju Mia, 55, Mozahar Ali, 60, Alamgir Hossain, 55, Ramzan Ali, 60, Abul Kalam, 50, and Laju Mia, 50.
The tragedy has been unfolding in the district since Sunday night.
Police detained four people from different parts of Bogura district on Tuesday night in connection with the deaths of a number of people from excessive consumption of liquor, reports news agency UNB.
Four of them died at different hospitals while the 12 others died at their home. Meanwhile, nine more people who drank the toxic liquor are receiving treatment in different hospitals of the district.
Police could recover only 10 bodies for autopsy while the other bodies were buried without informing police, said Sadar police station OC Humayun Kabir.
News of deaths started coming in a span of more than a week from Dhaka and elsewhere from liquor poisoning in Bangladesh. Consequently, law enforcers have cracked down a factory in Dhaka for adulterating alcohol recently.
Police said due to shortage of availability of foreign liquor, people are resorting to local vendors who sell such beverage.
In a recent incident, at least three employees of a top public relations and advertising company allegedly died from alcohol poisoning in Dhaka hospitals after returning from a retreat at a Gazipur resort.
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