The death toll from liquor poisoning in India's financial hub of Mumbai has risen to 96, police say.
The victims drank illegally brewed liquor in a bar in the Malvani district of the city on Wednesday. The first deaths from the toxic substance were reported Thursday.
At least 35 people are still being treated in hospitals.
Six suspected bootleggers have been detained, Mumbai police spokesman Dhananjay Kulkarni said.
The police launched a house-to-house search in slum areas near the bar to find out if anyone had bought or consumed liquor there, IANS news agency reported.
At least eight such people were found on Sunday and admitted to hospital.
Illegally brewed alcohol is popular in India because it is much cheaper than its commercially produced counterpart.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 725 people died after drinking spurious or poisonous alcohol in 2012, compared with 1,128 in 2011.
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