22 dead after consuming spurious liquor in Mumbai

The toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a suburban bar here has shot up to 22 with the death of nine more people, police said on Friday. At least five victims are critical and are battling for life at various hospitals. Two people, identified as Raju Langada and Shankar, have been arrested. They allegedly transported illicit pouches of liquor from the Vasai-Virar region in adjoining Thane district. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an inquiry into the incident and sought a report within two days, an official spokesperson said here on Friday. The victims, mostly living in Laxmi Nagar slums and employed as low-paid drivers and daily laborers, consumed the cheap country liquor at a bar in Rathodi village here on Wednesday night.

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