India’s western city of Mumbai has been thrown into mourning after at least 41 people died after consuming toxic alcohol.
Officials said that residents of a slum in the Malad area fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Wednesday morning.
According to BBC, more than 20 people are being treated in hospitals, amid fears that the death toll could rise.
Toxic alcohol deaths are a regular occurrence in India, where people often drink cheap country liquor.
One suspect is said to have been detained in the latest case.
According to reports, Tayra Khan, wife of one of the victims, told reporters that her husband was admitted in the hospital early on Thursday after ”he complained of vomiting and pain in the stomach”.
”He died three hours later, leaving me and my three little children alone.”
