West Bengal: Bootleg Booze Kills 100 In Indian City Of Kolkata

'Vomiting And Frothing At The Mouth' - Bootleg Booze Kills 102 In Indian Province

A toxic batch of bootleg liquor has killed 102 people and hospitalised more than 100 in West Bengal, India.

On Tuesday night, labourers began falling ill after drinking the homemade alcohol after work.

Police have arrested four people in connection with manufacturing the booze, known locally as 'desi daroo'.

The drink, often a methanol-spiked liquid, can also be used as fuel or anti-freeze.

The labourers bought the concoction, which is sold for 24p a litre, less than a third of the price of legal alcohol, from several illegal shops.

After drinking the brew by the roadside near the train station, they began vomiting, frothing at the mouth and suffering piercing headaches, said a district magistrate.

Furious villagers ransacked the shops after news of the deaths began to spread.

Cheap bootleg liquor kills scores of people every year in India. In 2009, at least 112 people died from imbibing different toxic brews.

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