More than 60 people have died after drinking toxic unlicensed alcohol in the Indian state of Punjab, officials and reports said.
The victims died in three districts of the northern state and police have arrested 10 people, the officials said.
An official told AFP that 11 people had died in Gurdaspur district. Press Trust of India news agency and other media said Saturday the illicit booze had claimed 53 lives in neighbouring Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts. Punjab state chief minister Amarinder Singh said Friday he had ordered a special inquiry into the deaths and “anyone found guilty will not be spared”.
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