A batch of toxic illegal alcohol in India has killed at least 34 people with more than 100 others rushed to hospital, Tamil Nadu state officials told reporters Thursday.

The deadly mix of locally brewed arrack drink was laced with poisonous methanol, chief minister M.K. Stalin said, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

Stalin said arrests had been made over the deaths and warned such crimes “ruin society and will be suppressed with an iron fist,” according to a statement from his office.

Hundreds of people die every year in India from cheap alcohol made in backstreet distilleries.

In order to increase its potency the liquor is often spiked with methanol which can cause blindness, liver damage, and death.

In the Tamil Nadu case, more than 100 people were hospitalised according to M.S. Prasanth, a top government official in the state’s Kallakurichi district, quoted by Indian media.

State Governor R.N. Ravi was “deeply shocked” at the deaths, adding that “many more victims are in serious condition battling for (their) lives”, writing on social media platform X.

Tamil Nadu is not a dry state, but liquor traded on the black market comes at a lower price than alcohol sold legally.

Selling and consuming liquor is prohibited in several other parts of India, further driving the thriving black market for potent and sometimes lethal backstreet moonshine.

Last year, poisonous alcohol killed at least 27 people in one sitting in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, while in 2022, at least 42 people died in Gujarat.

Source: https://punchng.com/34-die-100-hospitalised-after-drinking-toxic-alcohol

Indian Street food is worst

Water is life

India

Sorry, not disrespecting but the Indians are not hygienic at all. Even when you watch their reels contents, if they are not rolling inside a mud, they would be pouring dirty water on each others

Even the production of food heh, everywhere would just look dirty. Now imagine the alcohol production

helinues:
India

Sorry, not disrespecting but the Indians are not hygienic at all. Even when you their reels contents, if they are not rolling inside a mud, they would be pouring dirty water on each others

Even the production of food heh, everywhere would just look dirty. Now imagine the alcohol production

Do you want to travel and work in India? Hurry up ok.

helinues:
India

Sorry, not disrespecting but the Indians are not hygienic at all. Even when you their reels contents, if they are not rolling inside a mud, they would be pouring dirty water on each others

Even the production of food heh, everywhere would just look dirty. Now imagine the alcohol production

The prophet?

Thank God no be Naija. We can sabi to drink all manner of illicit gins, monkey tail & other mixed concoctions.

COMRADES are speechless at this news

Toxic is redundant there tho. Isn't alcohol toxic already?

They drink alcohol in india? I'm shocked I tell you!

expressway to hell

Hmmm

Indians and Chinese people can eat anything eatable

Probably drank fake product

But when NAFDAC starts goin after them, you begin to hear, they are coming after our business, we are being marginalised, we are being targeted

Smh

Modified
Oh it's in India?
Oh ema binu my people

Sapele Water

Nigerians are lucky with the way many of our people consume fake drinks and we're still standing strong

Indians eh, very anyhow people. most of those Kumars, no get sense


Chemistry tell us say na Ethanol na we fit drink and not Methanol.


NAFDAC don kukuma ban our sachet alcohols, all those manpower drinks

Justiceganduje:
Do you want to travel and work in India? Hurry up ok.

U no go allow this guy rest? U just dey give am up down and side ways

Not a good way to end life

Arak?
🥺
May their souls rest in peace.

Despite the huge progress, theres still a "Nigerian" side to India.

Most be concoction , they drink and smoke careless like north eastern part of nigeria or Afghanistan

Alcohol na poison to the human body.

Do u know that Muslims are promised alcohol in their paradise? And also an erect joystick that will never fall?

Death. All die na die. We all die.
Something must kill a man.
If you like be careful, if you like don't be careful.
What will come to past must come to past.
You can't avert it.

mrvitalis:
When I see things like this that are avoidable Its just sad

A simple legislation that says any shop or club that sales fake alcohol or drinks would get fined 50 million or be taken over by government or auctioned people would learn

The many issue with Nigerians is they hope people would change and start to do good... It has never happened in the history of man and would never happen

People fear one thing, not law, not authority no people only fear consequences... Once they know the consequences and way it they act well...

Sale fake drinks if you want.. Once you are caught you owe government 50 million... How many fake drinks would u sale to make 50 million , even if their is a 10% chance you would be caught u would maintain

When you sale fake drinks and the consequences is 2 years in jail or 50,000 fine... Even if their is a 90% chance they would catch you.. U would still do it

This is how you govern

Take time to read before commenting Mr Sale

There is always someone willing to sell cheaper. Life is too short to drink cheap wine.

omoredia:
Do u know that Muslims are promised alcohol in their paradise? And also an erect joystick that will never fall?

A sane mind would question a paradise of kpanshing and drunkenness but trust the African man and his blind religious leanings.