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Mumbai liquor poisoning death toll rises to 90, Indian police say
ABCNews ^
| 6-20-2015
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Posted on 06/20/2015 3:43:04 PM PDT by windcliff
The death toll from India's latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the consumption of toxic homemade liquor has risen to 90, Mumbai police say.
Dhananjay Kulkarni, deputy police commissioner in the western Indian city, said it was possible the number of dead from drinking the illicit moonshine could reach three figures.
"Ninety people have now died," he said.
"More than 40 are being treated in hospital and the death toll may reach 100."
Victims first started to fall ill on Wednesday morning after consuming the illegal booze and new patients were still being admitted to hospital on Saturday, Mr Kulkarni said.
An investigation is taking place over whether high levels of methanol were present in the moonshine, often called "country liquor" in India.
Methanol, a highly toxic form of alcohol used as anti-freeze or fuel, is often added to bootleg liquor in India as a cheap and quick method of upping the alcohol content.
Unlicensed liquor is widely consumed across the country where it is sometimes sold for less than a dollar for a 250 millilitre bottle, with deaths frequently reported.
It is rare however for such incidents to occur in a major city like Mumbai, with most cases taking place in poor, rural villages.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: alcohol; bootleggers; mumbai; warondrugs
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posted on
06/20/2015 3:43:04 PM PDT
by
windcliff
To: windcliff
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posted on
06/20/2015 3:45:09 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: windcliff
Is this what our mooonshiners call wood alcohol?
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posted on
06/20/2015 3:47:12 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: windcliff; MeshugeMikey; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/20/2015 3:50:40 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
To: windcliff
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posted on
06/20/2015 3:55:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Veggie Todd
Probably cut with an adulterant. Pretty hard to go wrong unless you ferment old shoes.
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posted on
06/20/2015 4:20:19 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: windcliff
Ban Alcohol it can kill people just like da gunz.....
Sez the lib control freak...
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posted on
06/20/2015 4:26:33 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Veggie Todd
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posted on
06/20/2015 5:41:04 PM PDT
by
zek157
To: windcliff
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posted on
06/20/2015 5:58:53 PM PDT
by
sagar
To: Paulie
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posted on
06/20/2015 7:46:58 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
To: a fool in paradise
I drank that funky mess
they serving over in Mumbai
another twenty minutes
I feel like I gwin die
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:13:22 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Is bathtub gin in India made in the river?
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:26:00 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
To: a fool in paradise
Ganges Vodka is VERY VERY potent stuff
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:29:59 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Is Ganges Gin pronounced anything like Genghis Khan?
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:32:46 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Has anybody warned Teresa?
#Raisins
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:34:38 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
To: a fool in paradise
I THINK SHE SUCCUMBED to a similar batch...several decades ago...bu the looks of it
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:43:27 PM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: a fool in paradise
ahahah so THATS where TERAYZUH came in??? ahahaha
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posted on
06/20/2015 8:43:58 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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