“At least 84 people have died after drinking toxic liquor in a Mumbai-area slum, the police said Saturday, as the toll continued to rise in the worst episode of its kind in more than a decade.
At least 36 people were hospitalized, said a senior Mumbai police official, Atulchandra Kulkarni, and the death toll is likely to rise.
‘The people who are coming are coming at a near terminal stage,’ Mr. Kulkarni said of the ill arriving at hospitals.”
Source: Toxic Liquor in India Kills at Least 84 – The New York Times
