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Bootleg liquor kills 22 in India
January 6, 2009, Tuesday
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AT least 22 people have died in India's eastern city of Kolkata after drinking bootleg liquor and the death toll could rise, police said yesterday.
The victims, mostly laborers, began vomiting and convulsing with stomach pains on Sunday after drinking the liquor in slums around the city's Kidderpore port area along the river Ganges. "The victims continue to pour in to the hospitals. We have arrested five brewers and raids are on to dismantle the shops," said Jawed Shamim, a senior police official. In May 2008, at least 180 people died in the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India's worst bootleg liquor tragedy.
The victims, mostly laborers, began vomiting and convulsing with stomach pains on Sunday after drinking the liquor in slums around the city's Kidderpore port area along the river Ganges. "The victims continue to pour in to the hospitals. We have arrested five brewers and raids are on to dismantle the shops," said Jawed Shamim, a senior police official. In May 2008, at least 180 people died in the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India's worst bootleg liquor tragedy.
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