Spurious liquor kills 21 in Bangladesh

IANS

Bangladesh

Mon, 03 Nov 2008: 

Dhaka, Nov 3 (Xinhua) Twenty-one people died after drinking spurious liquor in northwest Bangladesh's Bogra and Joypurhat districts in the past two days, The Daily Star newspaper reported Monday.

 

Police said 17 people died in Bogra and four in adjoining Joypurhat district after they took countrymade liqr supplied by drug dealers Friday night.

 

 

Police have sealed off four shops and arrested nine people in the two districts, the newspaper said.