At least 45 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said Sunday, taking the death toll from the latest mass alcohol poisoning beyond 143. Roshni Korati, deputy commissioner of the neighbouring Jorhat district, told AFP that the death toll in the district had reached 58. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma vowed those responsible for the tainted liquor would be brought to justice. – Methanol –Hundreds of mainly poor people die each year in India from tainted liquor, which normally costs just a few US cents a bottle. But just months after prohibition took effect, 16 people died after consuming toxic liquor.

Source: The Guardian February 24, 2019 13:41 UTC