India's toxic alcohol death toll soars to 98 as police arrest 25

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Of the estimated five billion litres of alcohol drunk every year in India, around 40% is illegally produced. FMTNews Drinking

NEW DELHI: The death toll from a toxic bootleg alcohol scandal in the north Indian state of Punjab rose to 98 Sunday, officials and reports said.

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. 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.

 

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