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The '''Delhi alcohol poisonings''' killed 199 people in [[Delhi]] on 5 November 1991 when they consumed illicit liquor. Most of them were casual labourers and rickshaw-pullers who died after consuming Karpoor Asav or sura, a so-called [[ayurvedic]] medicine.<ref name="intoday">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19911130-over-200-deaths-expose-racket-in-ayurvedic-drugs-in-delhi-815125-1991-11-30|title=Over 200 deaths expose racket in ayurvedic drugs in Delhi | date=30 November 1991 | publisher=India Today| first=Ramesh | last=Menon | accessdate=10 November 2018}}</ref> This 'Karpoor Asav' was manufactured by a firm called Karnal Pharmacy based in [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Tests confirmed that this 'Karpoor Asav' contained [[methyl alcohol]]. The Delhi Administration set up a one-Man Commission of Inquiry under the Chairmanship of Jagdish Chandra, a retired Judge of the [[Delhi High Court]] under the Commission of Inquiry Act. 1952.<ref name="parliamentofindia">{{cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses2/11221191.htm|title=ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses2/11221191|publisher=parliamentofindia.nic.in|accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
[[List of alcohol poisonings in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Crime in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:1991 crimes in India]]<br />
[[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in India]]<br />
[[Category:Disasters in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:1990s in Delhi]]<br />
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