(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Toxic homemade liquor has killed at least 94 slum dwellers in India's financial capital Mumbai, with more than 45 in hospital, Reuters quoted police as saying on Sunday.

Police have arrested five people in connection with the deaths in a western neighbourhood of the city, on the west coast of India, which started on Wednesday.

'More than 150 have consumed this alcohol. The death toll may rise,' said Dhananjay Kulkarni, Mumbai's deputy police commissioner, adding that eight police officials had been suspended for suspected negligence.