Malad hooch toll at 87, four Excise officials suspended

The Malad hooch tragedy assumed an alarming proportion on Saturday evening, as the death toll rose to a staggering 87 and the authorities pegged the number of affected people undergoing treatment at various city hospitals at 34. On a day when the Maharashtra Government suspended four Excise department officials for their alleged laxity in duty, many more hooch tragedy-related deaths were reported from various hospitals across the metropolis.

“The toll in the Malad hooch incident has now gone up to 87. Thirty four affected people are undergoing treatment at different hospitals,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhananjay Kulkarni told The Pioneer in the evening.Continuing the crackdown on those behind the sale of spurious liquor at an illegal joint at Rathodi village in north.