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"The death toll after people consumed spurious liquor has risen to 32," an official at police control room said.
The death toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in Majoor Gam area has gone up to 27, while five more deaths have been reported from another area of the city -- Odhav -- after which the toll has reached 32, they said.
The incident happened after people consumed spurious liquor on Sunday night and they were hospitalised on Monday.
Reports of the death started coming in since Tuesday. Police have also recovered the five bodies from Odhav.
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With 32 reported deaths so far, it is obvious that the ;joint' was known to a ny patronised by hundreds regularly. Can the local police claim ignorence of its existance? Are they (police) not partners in the crime? But then, this is not the the first liquer tragedy and nor it will be the last-- unless the police and bootleggers are punished- strictly and swiftly, an unlikely even in India. And afterall, those who died are poor workers, remembered only at the time of election.
He is too busy in promoting Urinecola that he gets any time to stop such incidents...will his GUCOCA help anything to stop this kind of incident?