LAHORE: Two persons died while as many others were admitted to the Lahore General Hospital in a critical condition after they consumed toxic liquor in Youhanabad on Monday.

Police said Gohar, Boota, Magsood and Asim had consumed toxic liquor late on Sunday and started vomiting.

They were shifted to the General Hospital where Gohar and Boota died while Asim and Maqsood were said to be in a critical condition.

Nishtar Colony police shifted the bodies to the morgue for a postmortem examination.

Station House Officer Muhammad Raza said liquor samples had been taken to ascertain if it contained methanol.

`The four people were permit holders. We will record the statements of the survivors after doctors allow us to do so,` said the police official.

Quoting the family he said no one knew where they had bought the liquor from.