21 dead people, 10 hospitalized after drinking contaminated liquor in India; Multiple arrests made

Twenty -one people have died in India and 10 are in the hospital after drinking contaminated liquor, authorities said on Tuesday, updating the death toll. Nine people were in custody, police said.

Hundreds of people die every year in India for drinking cheap alcohol made in backstreet distilleries. The smuggers sell large amounts at fenced rates to the poor, without paying taxes to the government.

To increase its power, the liquor often shoots with methanol that can cause blindness, liver damage and death.

The last incident occurred on Monday night after the villagers in the Amritsar district, in the northern state of Punjab, drank liquor with methanol.

“Now the death toll is 21. And 10 admitted to hospitals,” said a public relations officer of the Amritsar district in a statement.

Nine people have been arrested, said Punjab police in a publication on social networks.

An investigation is being carried out “to discover all the modus operandi and take everyone involved before justice,” said the post.

Punjab Prime Minister Bhagwant Mann said those responsible would be punished.

“We are all united in pain, and in our determination to ensure that justice is served and such tragedies are avoided in the future,” said Punjab police.

Last year, 53 people were killed later Drink to the moon in the state of southern India of Tamil Nadu.

In December 2022, More than 30 people died In the Eastern Indian state of Bihar after consuming contaminated alcohol. In July 2002, 28 people died and 60 got sick after drinking smuggling liquor in the western state of Gujarat, where alcohol sale is prohibited.

Last November in Laos, Six tourists died Alleged methanol poisoning, state media reported.

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