Toxic moonshine kills 133 people and leaves hundreds hospitalized in India
|New Delhi, India (CNN)At least 133 people have died and more than 200 others have been hospitalized after consuming tainted alcohol in India, officials said.
The victims consumed unregulated moonshine, known locally as “country-made liquor.”
Police arrested 10 people and are questioning others suspected of being involved in the supply of liquor in the area, said Mukesh Agarwal, a senior police official in Golaghat district in northeastern Assam state.