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Family members of people
who died after drinking tainted liquor wail at a slum area in Malad, in
northern Mumbai, India, Friday, June 19, 2015. Deaths from illegally brewed
alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed liquor.
Illicit liquor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to increase
its potency. (AP Photo)
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Police say the death toll from drinking tainted liquor in a
slum in India's financial hub of Mumbai this week has climbed to 84 in the
worst incident of its kind in more than a decade.
AP reports Deputy Commissioner
Dhananjay Kulkarni says another 31 people were being treated in hospital after
drinking the cheap liquor in Malad area in northern Mumbai on Wednesday night.
They fell sick immediately.
Kulkarni said Saturday
the police have arrested five people who transported and sold the tainted
liquor to poor workers.
In 2004, 104 people had
died after drinking spurious liquor in Mumbai's Vikhroli area.
Deaths from illegally
brewed alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed
liquor. Illicit liquor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to
increase its potency.
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