Illicit liquor kills four in Uttar Pradesh
October 27th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANSLucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) Three women and a man died while three other people were hospitalised after they consumed illicit liquor in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district, police said Thursday.
A group of locals in Kodras Bujarg village drank the liquor Wednesday during Diwali celebrations. While two people died the same day, the other two breathed their last at a hospital Thursday.
According to police, a number of locals are involved in illicit liquor manufacturing in Kodras Bujarg, some 100 km from Lucknow.
The deceased have been identified as Bitana, 43, Ramkali, 70, Rekha, 30, and Punnu, 30, a police officer said.
Traditionally, spurious liquor is made by using jaggery, alum, ammonium chloride and choice of essence for a good flavour. But when instead of ethyl alcohol, methanol is used to add punch to the brew, it can be lethal.
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