Dhaka, March 21 (Xinhua) Seven people died of drinking rectified spirit in Bangladesh's eastern Comilla district, about 100 km from here.
The daily Ittefaq reported Wednesday that the victims bought rectified spirit from a medical store in Burichang sub district and they died after drinking the spirit.
Rectified spirit is high concentration alcohol purified by the fractional distillation. It is used for medicinal purposes also.
Selling alcohol in the open market is illegal in Muslim majority Bangladesh.
Dozens of people die annually in Bangladesh of drinking rectified spirit.
Police arrested the doctor of the medical store on charges of selling the spirit.