Illegally Brewed Liquor Kills at Least 34 With Dozens Hospitalized in Southern India

Illegally Brewed Liquor Kills at Least 34 With Dozens Hospitalized in Southern India
A relative weeps next to the dead body of a victim who died after consuming toxic illegal alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on June 20, 2024. R.Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images
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NEW DELHI—At least 34 people have died and dozens hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, local media reported on Thursday.

The state’s chief minister M K Stalin said the 34 died after consuming liquor that was tainted with methanol, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.