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Death toll from toxic liquor jumps to 41 in Toba Tek Singh

Death toll from toxic liquor jumps to 41 in Toba Tek Singh
December 29, 2016
TOBA TEK SINGH (92 News) – The death toll of the people hospitalized after taking tainted liquor in Toba Tek Singh on Christmas eve has touched 41. As many as 19 people are still being treated at Allied Hospital. 171 In the wake of rising deaths, police reveal the culprits had sold aftershave lotion as alcohol. The DPO said that the toxic liquor was made by mixing chemical in aftershave lotion. The police also presented the arrested seven accused before the media. Bishop Joseph Arshad had informed that the liquor was brought from the Chuttiana police station’s storehouse.