SagarA toxic liquor toll reached 16 deaths.
Whether a hospital stocks the antidote determines who survives and who goes blind.
An enzyme converts methanol into formic acid over 12 to 24 hours, causing blindness and death.
Police killed a bootlegging suspect in an encounter Saturday, calling it self-defense with no review announced.
How each outlet framed it
- Hindustan Times
- reconstructs encounter sequence—accused fired 3 rounds first, police returned 2 rounds, wounding him in leg; 19 arrested overall in spurious-liquor case
Sources: Hindustan Times