Police said alcohol mixed with toxic pesticides.
Indian officials have begun an investigation after at least 42 people have died after drinking toxic alcohol in Uttar Pradesh.
Dozens of people were hospitalized and officials say they expect the death toll to rise.
Police said they raided several places and arrested 12 people.
They say alcohol is mixed with chemicals that become toxic.
Deaths due to contaminated alcohol are common in India.
Alcoholic beverage called desi daroo made in India are usually only about 10 rupees and the majority of consumers are less able citizens.
family cremated
Police said the victim's family to cremate without notice.
Chemicals and pesticides are often blended to alcohol to enhance the flavor and can cause seizures, vomiting and death.
Residents in eight villages in Mubarakpur in Azamgarh illegal to drink alcohol this Friday (18/10) ago, and after it became ill, police said.
"At least 42 people died in the hospital, but we expect the toll to rise as more bodies were cremated without informing the family of the police or medical personnel," said the medical officer in Azamgarh, BB Singh, told the BBC.
Police raided several places and arrested 12 people.
There are a number of victims who are blind after drinking the toxic brew mix, officials said.
Six police officers and five officials of the customs department was fired from the state government for his alleged involvement.
Rumat dozens of people were treated in hospital after drinking toxic mix drinks.
In the case of alcohol poisoning in December 2011, Click around 169 people died in West Bengal, while 109 people died in Gujarat in July 2009.
Nearly 200 people died in Orissa in 1992 after downing alkhohol mixed methyl and ethyl.
Gujarat has passed a law prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol is poisonous.
Maximum punishment of those involved were sentenced to death.
Gujarat local government said the law was intended as a deterrent to those involved in the illegal trade.
Besides Gujarat, other states that prohibit alcoholic beverages are Mizoram and Nagaland.
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