Punjab Police (DIG) Hardial Singh Mann (L) along with Police officers speaking to media persons at Tarn Taran, some 25 km from Amritsar. More than 80 people have died in recent days after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in the Indian state of Punjab, officials and reports said on Sunday. - AFP
NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (AFP): More than 80 people have died in recent days after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in the Indian state of Punjab, officials and reports said on Sunday.
The people died in three districts of the northern state and police have arrested 25 people, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
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