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| More than 100 dead after drinking 'hooch' in India |
| 2019-02-11 |
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - More than 100 people died in two Indian states after drinking bootleg alcohol, police and media said on Monday, in the worst such case in years. Many of those who died in Haridwar in Uttarkhand state and two districts in neighboring Uttar Pradesh complained of stomach pains and respiratory problems, relatives and officials said. Police have arrested four people in connection with the deaths, Haridwar senior superintendent of police Janmaijai Prabhakar told Reuters. "Total casualties in Haridwar remain at 36 and right now around 18 people are undergoing treatment," he said. Officials in Uttar Pradesh could not be reached for latest casualty figures on Monday, but at least 69 people have died in the state, according to newspapers Indian Express and Times of India. Deaths from illegally-produced alcohol, known locally as "hooch" or "country liquor", are a regular occurrence in India, where many cannot afford branded spirits. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Breakfast Club Evita, nice. Ace of Spades' appellation, not mine. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2019-02-11 14:25 |
| #4 Breakfast Club Evita, nice. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-02-11 12:57 |
| #3 Look on the bright side, B. That's still a dozen more than Breakfast Club Evita has. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2019-02-11 12:34 |
| #2 Little to do with this story, but I'm pretty much foregoing alcohol. Down to my last dozen or so operational brain cells. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-02-11 12:26 |
| #1 Not a single metion in the story of "wood alcohol", AKA methanol, which is almost certainly the poison involved. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2019-02-11 12:22 |