Death toll from India tainted liquor tragedy rises to 47

FILE PHOTO: Bodies of people who died after consuming toxic liquor are cremated in Kallakurichi, in Tamil Nadu state, India, June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

(Reuters) - The death toll from the latest case of tainted liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 47, with over 100 people still in hospital, a government official said on Friday.

Since Wednesday more than 150 people, suffering from vomiting, stomach aches and diarrhoea, have needed treatment after drinking methanol-mixed liquor made in the Kallakurichi district, about 250 km (150 miles) from the state capital Chennai.