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India toxic liquor toll rises to 84

THE death toll continues to mount among people who consumed toxic alcohol in India's western city of Mumbai.

Fifty-three people have died in Mumbai after drinking a toxic home-made liquor.
Fifty-three people have died in Mumbai after drinking a toxic home-made liquor.

THE death toll from drinking tainted liquor in a Mumbai slum has climbed to 84 in the worst incident of its kind in more than a decade.

ANOTHER 31 people, 13 of them in serious condition, were being treated in hospitals after drinking the cheap liquor on Wednesday night in Malad, Deputy Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni said.

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