Police are raiding illegal distilleries in eastern India, where the number of people who have died after drinking toxic home-brewed liquor has reached 170. At least 90 others in the Sangrampur area of West Bengal state remain critically ill. Local officials say 12 people have been arrested so far for allegedly making and distributing the […]
Death Toll From Toxic Liquor Hits 170 in Eastern India
Posted December 16th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Death Toll From Toxic Liquor Hits 170 in Eastern India
Posted December 16th, 2011 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Police are raiding illegal distilleries in eastern India, where the number of people who have died after drinking toxic home-brewed liquor has reached 170. At least 90 others in the Sangrampur area of West Bengal state remain critically ill. Local officials say 12 people have been arrested so far for allegedly making and distributing the […]
Methanol-Laced Liquor Kills 155 in Eastern India
Posted December 16th, 2011 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Officials in eastern India say the death toll from people consuming a toxic batch of homemade liquor rose Friday to more than 155 people. Officials say some 100 people remain critically ill after drinking the liquor laced with the chemical methanol. The victims, mostly day laborers and poor workers, became sick after buying cheap alcohol […]
Methanol-Laced Liquor Kills 126 in Eastern India
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Officials in eastern India say at least 126 people have died after drinking a batch of homemade liquor laced with the toxic chemical methanol. The residents, mostly day laborers and poor workers, became sick after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers late Tuesday near the village of Sangrampur in West Bengal state. Officials say police have […]
Methanol-Laced Liquor Kills 126 in Eastern India
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
Officials in eastern India say at least 126 people have died after drinking a batch of homemade liquor laced with the toxic chemical methanol. The residents, mostly day laborers and poor workers, became sick after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers late Tuesday near the village of Sangrampur in West Bengal state. Officials say police have […]
Tainted Liquor Kills 102 in Eastern India
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials said Thursday that 102 people have died after drinking a batch of homemade liquor laced with poison in the country’s northeast. The residents fell ill after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers late Tuesday in the impoverished South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state. In addition to the fatalities, at least 135 people […]
Tainted Alcohol Kills More Than 80 in Eastern India
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 1:40 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials said Thursday that at least 80 people have died after drinking a batch of homemade liquor laced with poison in the country’s northeast. The residents fell ill after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers late Tuesday in the impoverished South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state. In addition to the fatalities, at least […]
Tainted Alcohol Kills More Than 50 in Eastern India
Posted December 14th, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Indian authorities say more than 50 people died after drinking tainted home-made liquor in a village in the country’s northeast. Officials said Wednesday the deaths were reported from the impoverished South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state. They said residents bought the cheap alcohol late Tuesday and became ill within hours, complaining of stomach […]
Toxic Alcohol Kills 36 People in Eastern India
Posted December 14th, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Indian authorities say at least 36 people have died after drinking toxic home-made liquor in a village in the country’s east. Officials say residents of Sangrampur in West Bengal state bought the cheap alcohol late Tuesday and became ill within hours, complaining of stomach aches and vomiting. In addition to the fatalities, at least 135 […]
