中财网南京最大农贸批发市场:Authorities: 17 people die from toxic moonshine in southern India
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Authorities: 17 people die from toxic moonshine in southern India
By Harmeet Singh, CNN January 2, 2012 -- Updated 1239 GMT (2039 HKT)
Alcohol poisoning patients receive medical treatment in Diamond Harbour, India, after drinking bootlegged liquor in December 2011 STORY HIGHLIGHTS- Moonshine is not uncommon in poverty-stricken communities in India
- Police in India have been cracking down on the sales of the illegal brew
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Seventeen people died after drinking a toxic, illegal home-brewed liquor over the New Years weekend in southern India, authorities said Monday.
At least 18 people were also poisoned by what authorities have described as contaminated moonshine in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, P.V.S. Ramkrishna, the district police chief, said.
Police in India have been cracking down recently on businesses selling the illegally-made alcohol, Ramkrishna said.
December moonshine deaths in India In December, authorities arrested 10 people for making contaminated moonshine that left at least 168 people dead in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hundreds more were sickened by it, authorities said.
Moonshine is not uncommon in poverty-stricken communities in India because it is cheap to make.