Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: Police nab methyl alcohol supplier
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: Police nab methyl alcohol supplier

The Hindu  

Published : May 17, 2023 19:26 IST - 4 MINS READ Even as the death toll in the Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy rose to 22 on May 17, a special team under the direct supervision of Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu arrested Elaiyan Nambi, a 30-year-old chemical engineer working at a firm in Vanagaram in Chennai, on the night of May 16, for having supplied methyl alcohol to bootleggers. As per the Tamil Nadu Denatured Spirit Methyl Alcohol and Varnish Rules 1959, any “methylated spirit” is unfit for human consumption and requires a licence for storage, purchase or sale. Councillor’s husband detained The police detained some 80 persons under the Goondas Act, including a notorious liquor seller of Villupuram named Maruvur Raja, whose wife Ramya is DMK councillor of Ward 20 of Tindivanam municipality. A senior police official told Frontline that intense raids for two days in these villages and also at the suspected selling point, referred to as ‘guest house’ by Ekkiyarpuram village residents, had led to the seizure of nearly 500 sachets of the deadly chemical, ready to be sold to the consumers.

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Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: 2,000 litres of methanol seized from unused petrol bunk in Cuddalore
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: 2,000 litres of methanol seized from unused petrol bunk in Cuddalore

The Hindu  

The Crime Branch-CID on Thursday, July 4, 2024, seized 2,000 litres of methanol, an industrial chemical from a sump in an unused petrol bunk in Veeraperumanallur near Panruti, in Cuddalore district. CB-CID sources said the seizure was made following the interrogation of Madesh, who has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the hooch tragedy at Karunapuram in Kallakurichi, which …

8-30 per cent methanol in hooch; no need for CBI probe: TN to Madras HC
5 months, 2 weeks ago

8-30 per cent methanol in hooch; no need for CBI probe: TN to Madras HC

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that preliminary tests of samples of illicit arrack, consumed by the victims of Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, showed that they had 8.6% to 29.7% methanol composition. A status report, filed by Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena through Additional Advocate General J Ravindran before the first bench of Acting CJ …

Tamil Nadu CM: Will amend prohibition act to curb manufacture, sale of arrack
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM: Will amend prohibition act to curb manufacture, sale of arrack

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin announced on Friday that the ruling DMK will amend the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937, to ensure stringent punishment for manufacturing and selling illicit liquor, even as the toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy rose to 65 within a week. “I would like to inform this House that a bill to amend the Tamil …

Hooch tragedies repeat but no lessons learnt
6 months ago

Hooch tragedies repeat but no lessons learnt

New Indian Express  

About a year after 22 people lost their lives consuming hooch spiked with poisonous methanol in Tamil Nadu, another 56 people have died in the state from imbibing a similarly toxic brew. While the state government has announced solatium for the kin of deceased and financial aid for children who lost their parents, this is only the barest minimum it …

Families of Kallakurichi victims shattered, question availability of hooch
6 months ago

Families of Kallakurichi victims shattered, question availability of hooch

Hindustan Times  

The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu increased to 38 on Thursday while over 100 people remained hospitalised, officials said, as the incident triggered a political row with the opposition AIADMK attacking the DMK government and demanding the resignation of chief minister MK Stalin over the tragedy. “Thirty-eight people have died and more than …

Twin hooch tragedies in Tamil Nadu | Horrific tales of a deadly brew
1 year, 7 months ago

Twin hooch tragedies in Tamil Nadu | Horrific tales of a deadly brew

The Hindu  

Just a month after the government declared in the Assembly that hooch tragedies were a thing of the past in Tamil Nadu, twin hooch tragedies in the State claimed 22 lives and left 45 others hospitalised. ‘Kingpins not arrested’ Fisherwomen of Ekkiyarkuppam allege that the illegal spurious liquor business, operated by Amaran, had vitiated the atmosphere in the village. “We …

DC Edit | Hooch deaths are avoidable
1 year, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Hooch deaths are avoidable

Deccan Chronicle  

The 22 deaths that occurred in two places in coastal Tamil Nadu from a hooch tragedy last week were avoidable. The cause is, of course, people looking for a ‘kick’ through cheaper liquor than is available aplenty in the state where it flows like water. Tamil Nadu is not the only state that suffers from compulsive drinkers looking for a …

Spurious liquor deaths in T.N. | Murder case registered; Governor Ravi seeks report
1 year, 7 months ago

Spurious liquor deaths in T.N. | Murder case registered; Governor Ravi seeks report

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu police have altered the cases relating to the deaths of 22 persons due to the consumption of spurious liquor to that of murder against 13 accused persons. The query from Raj Bhavan comes after the Tamil Nadu police claimed that the spurious liquor tragedy had nothing to do with the brewing of illicit arrack and the victims …

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | Chemical engineer who sold methanol that killed 22 in Villupuram, Chengalpattu nabbed
1 year, 7 months ago

Spurious liquor deaths in Tamil Nadu | Chemical engineer who sold methanol that killed 22 in Villupuram, Chengalpattu nabbed

The Hindu  

A chemical engineer who allegedly sold the methanol that killed 22 people in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts was taken into custody late on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter here According to police sources, a special team investigating the incident apprehended Ilaya Nambi, an …

Victims consumed methanol meant for industrial use, says DGP
1 year, 7 months ago

Victims consumed methanol meant for industrial use, says DGP

The Hindu  

Methanol meant for industrial use was consumed by the victims in the liquor tragedy that has so far claimed 22 lives in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts, the police have said. As the sustained drive against the manufacture and sale of illicit arrack in Tamil Nadu stamped out the brew, the arrack sellers procured methanol from factories and sold it on, …

Death by methanol: on the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 7 months ago

Death by methanol: on the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The death of 17 persons over the past few days, in two incidents in north Tamil Nadu, after consuming spurious liquor comes a month after the State government informed the Assembly that there has been no hooch tragedy for the last 14 years. Since 2002, methanol, regarded as the main reason behind hooch tragedies, has been brought under the ambit …

Death toll in Tamil Nadu's hooch tragedy touches 14
1 year, 7 months ago

Death toll in Tamil Nadu's hooch tragedy touches 14

Deccan Chronicle  

Villupuram: The death toll in Tamil Nadu's hooch tragedy in two northern districts increased to 14 on Monday and 51 people who consumed the poisonous brew were being treated in various hospitals, the government said. After visiting those being treated at Villupuram government medical college hospital, Chief Minister M K Stalin told reporters here that investigation into the matter would …

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: 12 dead, several hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in 2 districts
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy: 12 dead, several hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in 2 districts

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy : As many as 12 people died after consuming spurious liquor in two separate districts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, police said. The death stood at 10 persons on Sunday after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts of the state. "Two spurious liquor incidents have been reported, one in Chengalpattu district and another …

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