In February 2019, at least 168 people died after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Golaghat and Jorhat districts in the Indian state of Assam.
The incident occurred two weeks after 100 people died by drinking toxic alcohol in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
[1] The poisonings first came to attention on 21 February 2019, when 42 people died shortly after drinking the illegal alcohol.
[4] On 24 February 2019, it was reported that a total of 144 people had died and more than 300 were admitted in hospitals making it one of the deadliest alcohol poisonings in the country.
[10] The Government is also planning to ban and seize all illicit liquor in the state.