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| Assam toxic alcohol deaths: 70 people die in north-eastern Indian state |
| 2019-02-23 |
| [BBC] At least 70 people have died and more than 200 are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in north-eastern India, officials say. Several women are among the victims, who all worked on tea plantations in Assam state. The deaths come two weeks after tainted spirits killed about 100 people in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The number of deaths is expected to go up, local reports say. The first victims died on Thursday, the administrator of the Golaghat district in Assam, Dhiren Hazarika, is quoted as saying by Agence France-Press. The victims all worked in tea gardens in Golaghat and Jorhat districts. Golaghat district Superintendent of Police Pushkar Singh told the BBC that 58 people in the district died from drinking the illegal alcohol. Another 12 people have been killed by the poisonous liquor in Jorhat district, another source said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 Could be worse. They could die from hunger, cholera or iron bar bus rapes. |
| Posted by: al aSha-med 2019-02-23 15:37 |