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The '''Vypeen alcohol poisonings''' killed an estimated 77 people in 1982 in [[Vypeen]] near [[Kochi]] in [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. Hundreds of people, mostly fish workers and other labour people, drank spurious liquor supplied by several Government-licensed [[arrack]] shops.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/28/stories/2007082860900400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120141638/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/28/stories/2007082860900400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-11-20|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Kerala News : Rum and brandy replace arrack|date=2007-08-28|access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> The tragedy occurred on the [[Onam]] day of 1982 and killed 77 people, blinded 63, crippled 15 and reduced nearly 650 families were to penury.<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=http://cmpaul.wordpress.com/tag/vypin-island-liquor-tragedy-2/|title=Vypin Island liquor tragedy &#124; NewsGrab|publisher=cmpaul.wordpress.com|access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> When victims of this killer brew were hospitalized, doctors identified signs of methanol poisoning.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=September 21|first1=Sreedhar Pillai|last2=September 30|first2=2013 ISSUE DATE|last3=September 2|first3=1982UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2014 12:31|title=Kerala's liquor tragedy: Illegal arrack claims 72 lives|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820930-kerala-liquor-tragedy-illegal-arrack-claims-72-lives-772229-2013-09-21|access-date=2020-11-10|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
[[List of alcohol poisonings in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Alcohol in Kerala]]<br />
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