Toxic hooch has killed at least 27 people in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where alcohol is banned, officials say, with unconfirmed reports putting the death toll at 40
FILE - Homemade alcohol containers hang from a train window as people hang from the doors and windows at Parsha Bazar railway station in Bihar.
Toxic hooch has killed at least 27 people in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where alcohol is banned, officials said, with unconfirmed reports putting the death toll at 40.Kumar said most of the victims were from poor families and used to consume locally made cheap tipple known as "Desi Daru." Selling and consuming liquor is prohibited in several parts of India, driving a thriving black market for potent and sometimes lethal backstreet moonshine that kills hundreds every year.Initial investigations into the latest tragedy showed that poisonous methyl alcohol was mixed with a spirit which proved deadly.Police have arrested 174 people in connection with the illegal manufacturing, sale and supply of liquor over the last three days.
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