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NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 14 people died and six were
hospitalized in critical condition after consuming toxic liquor
overnight in northern India, police said Tuesday.
Seven people were arrested on allegations they supplied the
toxic liquor in five villages around 19 kilometers (12 miles)
from the city of Amritsar in northern Punjab, senior police
officer Maninder Singh said.
The police have launched a crackdown to destroy the network of
spurious liquor supplies in the area following the incident,
Singh said.
The local administration deployed medics to the villages to
check on people who drank the contaminated liquor, said Sakshi
Sawhney, a senior government official in Amritsar.
Those showing symptoms are being shifted to hospitals to ensure
the death toll doesn’t rise, said Sawhney.
Investigators have not said what ingredients were suspected of
causing the deaths and sickness.
In India, deaths from consumption of contaminated liquor
manufactured locally is rampant, mainly in rural areas, as
people lap them up for cheaper prices.
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