• Reuters

    Death toll from India tainted liquor tragedy rises to 47

    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. On Friday morning, 118 people were still being treated in hospitals in the district and nearby areas, the government official said.

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