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Fri, 2011-12-16 14:21
Police have arrested 12 people in connection with making and distributing the cheap, illicit liquor that many of the victims bought Tuesday in a village outside Kolkata for 10 rupees (20 cents) a half liter, less than a third the price of legal alcohol.
South 24 Parganas District Magistrate Naraya Swarup Nigam says 162 people had died by Friday morning and dozens more were in critical condition.
Illegal liquor operations flourish in India’s urban slums and among the rural poor. The hooch is often mixed with cheap, toxic chemicals to increase potency and profit.
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