At least 34 people die in India after drinking bootleg liquor
Al Jazeera
More than 100 were admitted to hospital after consuming alcohol spiked with poisonous methanol.
At least 34 people have died, with dozens more being treated in hospital, after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the authorities said.
A state government spokesperson on Thursday confirmed the deaths caused by consuming alcohol tainted with methanol.
“Such crimes that ruin the society will be suppressed with an iron fist,” the state’s chief minister MK Stalin posted on social media platform X.
The incident occurred in the Kallakurichi district, where more than 100 people suffering from vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea were admitted to hospitals, triggering a police investigation.
District official MS Prasanth said the number of patients in critical condition kept changing, suggesting that the death toll could rise.
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