Rajshahi: Five people have died after taking ‘excessive liquor’ at the Sweeper Colony of Sardah Police Academy in Charghat upazila.

The identities of the deceased were not available immediately.

Informed by locals, police went to the colony on Tuesday afternoon and recovered the bodies, said Nibaran Chandra Barman, officer-in-charge of Charghat Police Station.

Details were still awaited.