{"id":155343,"date":"2021-05-30T12:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T12:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candas365.es\/noticias\/?p=155343"},"modified":"2021-05-30T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T12:44:06","slug":"ten-arrested-as-death-toll-in-indias-toxic-liquor-tragedy-climbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candas365.es\/noticias\/ten-arrested-as-death-toll-in-indias-toxic-liquor-tragedy-climbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten arrested as death toll in India’s toxic liquor tragedy climbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"New Delhi (dpa) – The death toll from liquor poisoning in India\u2019s northern state of Uttar Pradesh rose to 35 on Sunday as police carried out a crackdown in the region.<\/p>\n

Locals and truck-drivers in three villages in Aligarh district fell ill after drinking the poisonous alcohol and 23 people had died after hospitalizations began early Friday.<\/p>\n

The death count had gone up to at least 35 by Sunday, Aligarh lawmaker Satish Gautam told reporters, alleging the local administration was covering-up the actual death toll which was far higher.<\/p>\n

Domestic media reported that up to 58 people had lost their lives.<\/p>\n

District officials including Aligarh chief medical officer Bhanu Pratap Singh Kalyani said autopsies were conducted on 51 bodies since Friday which confirmed 25 deaths due to liquor poisoning.<\/p>\n

The remaining 26 samples were sent for forensic tests to the city of Agra, he said.<\/p>\n

Ten people including the alleged kingpin of the spurious liquor racket had been arrested in an ongoing crackdown, police said.<\/p>\n

The state administration has ordered a probe into the incident and five state officials have been suspended for laxity and negligence.<\/p>\n

The illegal liquor trade thrives in India because it is much cheaper than commercially produced alcohol. Methanol, a chemical used in antifreeze, is often found in such drinks.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people, mostly the poor, die in India every year after consuming such toxic alcohol. Some 105 people died in the neighbouring state of Punjab in a major liquor poisoning in India last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi (dpa) – The death toll from liquor poisoning in India\u2019s northern state of Uttar Pradesh rose to 35 on Sunday as police carried out a crackdown in the region. Locals and truck-drivers in three villages in Aligarh district fell ill after drinking the poisonous alcohol and 23 people had died after hospitalizations began<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-155343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actualidad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t