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The '''Azamgarh alcohol poisonings''' resulted in the deaths of 39 people in the city of [[Azamgarh]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, In October 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Toll-in-UP-hooch-tragedy-rises-to-39/2013/10/19/article1844446.ece |title=Toll in UP hooch tragedy rises to 39 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=2013-10-19 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref> due to consumption of [[moonshine]] mixed with [[methanol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/azamgarh-hooch-tragedy-toll-reaches-40-police-book-17/1185225/ |title=Azamgarh hooch tragedy: Toll reaches 40, police book 17 - Indian Express |publisher=Archive.indianexpress.com |date=2013-10-21 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref> This is one of the worst alcohol poisonings in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hooch-tragedy-death-toll-in-azamgarh-rises-to-37/1/317044.html |title=Hooch tragedy death toll in Azamgarh rises to 37 : North, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2013-10-19 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref> Locals contested the death toll claiming 40 people had died in the incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Azamgarh-hooch-tragedy-toll-rises-to-35/articleshow/24405551.cms |title=Azamgarh hooch tragedy toll rises to 35|work=The Times of India|date=2013-10-20 |accessdate=2016-09-02}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of alcohol poisonings in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in India]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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