Three people died and five others fell sick after taking excessive quantity of liquor at Enayetpur village of Badalgachhi upazila in the district yesterday.
The deceased were Hossain Ali, 33, son of Pukra Mandol, Abdul Mazid, 32, son of Lakhai Mondol of Nurpur village and Solaiman, 30, son of Surana of Enayetpur village of the upazila.
Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Badalgachhi police station, said a total of eight people including the three fell sick after taking liquor at a picnic on Friday midnight.
After fell sick they were rushed to Naogaon Sadar Hospital where Solaiman died.
Later Hossain and Mazid were shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where they died, said Rafiqul.