Villagers allege hooch deaths in MP's Dewas; officials deny

Residents of two villages in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district claim at least 10 people died after drinking spurious liquor in recent weeks, but the district administration has rejected the claims. The Congress accused the State government of shielding the liquor mafia, and its leader Jitu Patwari said Madhya Pradesh had become the "biggest den of mass deaths".