At least 27 people have been killed after consuming toxic
alcohol in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay), local
police say.
They say residents of a slum in the Malad area fell ill after
drinking the alcohol on Wednesday morning.
More than 30 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 has been detained in the latest case.
Tayra Khan, wife of one of the victims, told the Mid-Day
newspaper that her husband was admitted to 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."
At least 29 people were killed after consuming toxic alcohol
in Uttar Pradesh state in January.
India has witnessed many other incidents of toxic alcohol
deaths in the past:
Nearly 170 people died in 2011 in the eastern state of
West Bengal
At least 30 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh in
September 2009
More than 100 people were killed in Gujarat in July 2009
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