India, Sept. 9 -- The toll from the toxic liquor tragedy in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district rose as three more people died on Tuesday across three villages, even as 13 of at least 150 people hospitalised remained critical, and the kin of some of those who died claimed they were not being given the bodies. The three were struggling for their lives at the Intensive Care Unit of Bundelkhand Medical College

District collector Pratibha Pal confirmed only 15 deaths, although Banda Civil Hospital and Bundelkhand Medical College health officers put the toll at 23.

The family of Krishna Kumar Lodhi, who was among those who died, protested, saying the medical college administration was not handing over his body even as his death has been confirme...