India's bootleg alcohol death toll rises to 98 as families mourn

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With alcohol restricted during India's coronavirus lockdown, the number of people killed by illicit liquor is surging.

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The death toll from a toxic bootleg alcohol scandal in the north Indian state of Punjab has risen to 98.

Hundreds of people die every year in India from illegal alcohol made in backstreet distilleries that sells for as little as 10 rupees a litre, affordable for even the poorest.The death toll from the illicit booze had risen to 75 in Punjab's Tarn Taran district after further investigation, the local administration's deputy commissioner Kulwant Singh said.

A further 11 people had died in Gurdaspur district, a local official told AFP. PTI reported Saturday that toxic moonshine had also killed 12 in Amritsar.Relatives of the victims mourned on Sunday as the state opposition party called on the Punjab government to"curb liquor mafia in the state" in a series of tweets.

In a separate incident, authorities in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh said on Friday that nine people had died after drinking alcohol-based sanitiser.

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