Bootleg Alcohol Batch Kills Over 100 People in India

Bootleg Alcohol Batch Kills Over 100 People in India
Indian police gather around containers of bootleg alcohol recovered in a raid after multiple deaths from alcohol poisoning in Azamgarh Village in Uttar Pradesh State on July 11, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A batch of moonshine has killed more than 100 people in India, in the worst such case in years.

India’s alcohol consumption is low compared to many Western nations, but with the price tag on liquor taking it beyond many people’s reach, illegal or bootleg alcohol is rife, every year causing around a thousand deaths.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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