Maharashtra announces Rs 1 lakh each to hooch tragedy victim families

June 22, 2015 10:31

The death toll in the Malvani hooch tragedy rose to 97 on Sunday even as more than forty others were battling for their life in private and government hospitals. The Maharashtra government has announced a relief aid of Rs. 1 lakh each to the victims' families. The incident, which occurred at the Laxmi Nagar slum near Gamdevi Jurassic Park in Malvani in suburban Malad on Wednesday night, is the worst hooch tragedy in Mumbai in a decade.

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