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BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - At least 30 people died after consuming toxic home-made liquor in eastern India, officials said Thursday, warning that the toll could rise with more victims in hospitals.
The deaths -- just the latest from dangerous bootleg liquor in India -- were reported from several villages near Cuttack city, 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the capital of Orissa state, Bhubaneswar.
"At least 30 people are confirmed dead," district administrator of Cuttack, Girish S.N., told AFP.
As many as 100 people are believed to have drunk from the same batch of poisonous liquor on Monday night.
The state administration rushed emergency medicine and doctors to the government-run S.C.B Medical College and Hospital, in Cuttack.
An officer at the hospital, Dr B. Maharana, said 61 patients were being treated and five were in a critical condition. Most were labourers.
Police have arrested 10 alleged bootleggers and the Orissa state administration ordered action against suppliers of bootleg liquor, which is often called "moonshine".
Deaths from cheap alcohol are common in India. Nearly 170 people were killed in 2011 in the eastern state of West Bengal.
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밀주로 또 30명 사망..희생자 100명 추정
인도 북부 지역에서 싸구려 밀주를 마시고 최소한 30명이 목숨을 잃었고 사망자 수는 더 늘어날 것이라고 AFP통신이 지방 관리의 말을 인용해 보도했다.
이 사고는 오리사주 주도인 부바네스와르 북부 30km 떨어진 쿠탁시의 몇몇 마을에서 발생했다.
"적어도 30명의 사망이 확인되었다"고 쿠탁 지방 관리 기리쉬가 밝혔다.
월요일 밤에 같은 독주를 마시고 100여명이 사망한 것으로 추정되고 있다.
환자들은 주변 병원들에서 치료를 받고 있다.
경찰은 지금까지 밀주를 제조해 판매한 일당 10명을 체포했으며 오리사주 정부는 밀주공급자들에 대한 철저한 단속을 명령했다.
싸구려 밀주 판매는 인도에서 흔한 일로 2011년 서벵갈주에서 약 170명이 이로 인해 사망했다. 인도 밀주제조업자들은 도수를 높이기 위해 살충제나 화학 약품 등이 종종 섞는 것으로 알려졌다.
