Tainted alcohol leaves 10 dead in eastern India

Locally-brewed alcohol tainted with lethal chemicals has left at least 10 people dead and 30 others ill in eastern India’s Orissa state.

Tue, 25 Apr, 2006 - 15:16

Locally-brewed alcohol tainted with lethal chemicals has left at least 10 people dead and 30 others ill in eastern India’s Orissa state.

The deaths began on Saturday night, soon after villagers drank the liquor, and continued over the next two days in Golabandha village, said a senior state government official, Baisnab Prasad Mohanty.

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Courts Heathrow Place: eastern India Place: Orissa Place: eastern India’s Orissa Place: Golabandha Place: Bhubaneswar Place: Indian Person: Baisnab Prasad Mohanty Person: Mohanty

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