Bootleg Liquor Kills At Least 150 In India's Latest Mass Alcohol Poisoning
Indian authorities say at least 150 people have died and 200 others are hospitalized after drinking tainted alcohol. About 100 people died from the same thing in a nearby state earlier this month.
by Lauren Frayer
Feb 23, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 5 a.m. ET Sunday
After long days picking leaves on tea plantations in India's remote northeast, some laborers like to relax with a glass of cheap, strong, locally-brewed liquor. Most can't afford the brand-name stuff.
But Indian authorities reportedly say at least 150 people have died and some
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