Hooch claims 5 lives in Kanpur village

Kanpur | Sunday | 20th May, 2018

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Police identified the deceased as Rajendra Kamal (45), Umesh Shukla (32), Ratnesh Shukla (28), Umesh Chandra (31) and former SI Jagjivan Ram (62). Police said that the victims consumed liquor on Friday night and started vomiting. The blurred vision possibly followed by blindness is one of the deadliest side-effects of methyl poisoning," they added. Samples of liquor have been collected from the shop and sent to laboratory for test. "Doctors of Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital , most patients, along with nausea and vomiting also complained of blurred vision and itching in their eyes..