Pyres are being prepared on Thursday for the mass burial of the victims of the Kalakurichi hooch tragedy. | Photo credit: SS Kumar
The death toll in the Kalakurichi Hutch tragedy has risen to 47 and eight more people have died after drinking spurious liquor in Karunapuram in Kalakurichi. Among the dead are four women and one transperson.
Most of the people who died on Thursday night are from Karunapuram.
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A total of 117 others are being treated at the Kalakurichi Government Medical College and Hospital, and the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmar) in Salem, Vellopuram, and Puducherry.
28 of them are in critical condition.
A 71-member team of doctors specializing in general medicine, anaesthesia, nephrology and staff nurses and technicians drawn from government medical colleges and hospitals in Salem, Vellopuram, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruchi and Chingalapattu were sent to Kalakurichi Medical College and Hospital, official sources said. has gone
Demand for prohibition, monitoring of methanol supply
PMK President Anbumani Ramadoss is expected to meet the people admitted to the Government Kalakurichi Medical College Hospital on Friday.
Thule, founder of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Kachi (VCK). Thirumalavan argued on Thursday, June 20, that enforcing liquor ban in the state would be a permanent solution to the problem of illicit liquor.
In a statement, he also said that the state government should strictly monitor the supply of methanol.
The state government justifies the operation of liquor shops by saying that it is being done to eradicate the fake liquor business. But the deaths due to drinking spurious liquor confirm that such arguments are not acceptable, Mr. Thirumalavan said.
He also asked that strict action should be taken against officials who have links with illegal liquor sellers. Mr. Thirumalavan urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to take steps to enforce total prohibition.
In a separate statement, Manithanya Mukul Kuchi (MMK) president Jawaharullah demanded the dismissal of the officials involved in the incident.
He said that the CB-CID should investigate the links between the local police and illegal liquor sellers. He also demanded a ban on methanol.
AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran, in a post on his social media handle on June 20, said the incident exposed the “complete failure” of the state government and said the action taken against the district collector and the superintendent of police was simply ” It was “eye smoke”. ”
He said that instead of covering up its wrongdoings under the guise of searches and arrests, the government should conduct a thorough inquiry and take strict action against the culprits.