14 Indians die after drinking home-brew alcohol

At least 14 people have died after drinking illegal home-brew alcohol sold at unauthorised shops in India’s remote north-east, police said today.

The death toll was likely to rise because 61 others were hospitalised after drinking the noxious brew last night in Tezpur, a town 110 miles north of Gauhati, the capital of Assam state, police officer L. Bora said.