At least 84 people have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, and around 200 others have been hospitalised, a government minister said on Saturday.
The deaths come less than two weeks after more than 100 people died from drinking tainted alcohol in northern India.
"Every 10 minutes we are getting reports of casualties from different places. So far about 200 people are in hospital with many of them critical," Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told Reuters via telephone.
"Doctors from nearby districts and other medical colleges have been rushed in to deal