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Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: 2,000 litres of methanol seized from unused petrol bunk in Cuddalore
6 months, 1 week 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 …

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8-30 per cent methanol in hooch; no need for CBI probe: TN to Madras HC
6 months, 1 week 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 …

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CB-CID arrests man for passing on methanol to hooch sellers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CB-CID arrests man for passing on methanol to hooch sellers

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The CB-CID arrested a Chennai man, Sivakumar, who is suspected to have passed on methanol to the gang in Kallakurichi which has been arrested for selling the hooch that led to the tragedy. According to the police, Sivakumar, who was arrested from his hideout in MGR Nagar, had passed the methanol to Madhesh from Puducherry who, in turn, sent …

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In Tamil Nadu, where people who cannot afford expensive IMFL turn to dangerous bootleg alcohol
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In Tamil Nadu, where people who cannot afford expensive IMFL turn to dangerous bootleg alcohol

Hindustan Times  

With the death toll rising to 51 by Saturday morning after 14 more people under treatment in different hospitals died, the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu raises disturbing questions about the growing preference for cheap and toxic alcohol. Relatives confirmed that the victims preferred the cheap and risky alternative in the face of government-imposed heavy taxes, which make Indian …

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Kallakurichi Methanol Hooch Tragedy: Exposing the Deadly Nexus of Bootleggers and Lax Enforcement
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kallakurichi Methanol Hooch Tragedy: Exposing the Deadly Nexus of Bootleggers and Lax Enforcement

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 20, 2024 20:32 IST - 6 MINS READ In one of the worst hooch tragedies in recent times, at least 58 people, including a few women, have died, and more than 50 others are battling for their lives after consuming a methanol-spiked moonshine brew in Kallakurichi town, some 200 kilometres away from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday, …

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Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: T.N. CM appoints former judge B. Gokuldas as one-man commission to investigate
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: T.N. CM appoints former judge B. Gokuldas as one-man commission to investigate

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Thursday, June 20, 2024, constituted a one-man commission headed by Justice B. Gokuldas, former High Court judge, to conduct a thorough inquiry into the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi that has claimed the lives of 34 persons so far. In a statement, Mr Stalin said the former judge would submit his recommendations to the …

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Why methanol poisoning is deadly and how it can be treated | Explained
1 year, 7 months ago

Why methanol poisoning is deadly and how it can be treated | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: As of 2 pm on June 20, as many as 34 people had died after consuming spurious liquor in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu while more than 80 others were receiving treatment in hospitals. In many older cases, spurious liquor has typically been a homemade liquor to which methanol was added to strengthen the intoxicating effects …

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