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Four dead, 20 taken ill in West Bengal hooch tragedy

Four people died and 20 were taken ill after they consumed spurious liquor in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Monday.

Updated on: May 4, 2009, 21:43:09 IST
IANS | By , Kolkata
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Four people died and 20 were taken ill after they consumed spurious liquor in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Monday.

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The tragedy occurred in the Matangini block of district headquarters Tamluk, the state police control room said.

Fourteen of the indisposed have been sent to the state-run S.S.K.M. hospital here.

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