At least 99 people have died and scores have been hospitalised in northern India after drinking toxic alcohol, triggering a crackdown against bootleggers, officials said yesterday. News of the deaths in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand has trickled in over the past three days, with police suspecting the moonshine had been cut with methanol.
12:00 AM, February 12, 2019 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:26 AM, February 12, 2019
India toxic alcohol toll rises to 99
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