Mass poisoning in India for a poison liquor: there are more than 100 dead

Illegal alcohol consumption has caused mbadive intoxication in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarajand states in India, leaving at least 104 dead. Local authorities have launched a national operation to find the source of the poisoned liquor bottles.

Most of the deaths were concentrated in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where there were 54 deaths, between 15 and 20 hospitalized and many others who were released after being treated, said the director of the local police, Dinesh. Kumar Patients had traces in the blood of methanol, wood alcohol extracted from the dry distillation of tree trunks.

The other deaths occurred in villages in Haridwar administrative district, Uttarakhand, where alcohol had been distributed, but it was initially badumed that the drinks had been served during the funeral rites. "They drank alcohol from somewhere else, it was not served at the ceremony and the people who consumed it are in different villages"said local police commissioner Janmajay Khanduri.

The victims had consumed alcohol poisoned alcohol last Thursday and all the bottles seized seemed to come from the same source. At least 30 people were arrested, including many smugglers.

"According to the people affected, a man named Pintu appeared with 30 bags with bottles and sold them. All those who have been drinking or who are dead or who are in the hospital, "he told the local press NDTV Judge AK Pandey.

Authorities have also suspended more than 30 officials, including 10 policemen, for negligence or conspiracy to trade illegally.

Thousands of people, mostly from the poorest sections of society, die every year in India after consuming illegally manufactured alcohol, according to the National Bureau of Criminal Records. The liquor is usually made with mediocre quality ingredients and sometimes mixed with industrial alcohol and toxic substances, whose impact is usually camouflaged with menthol.