One particular person has been arrested in reference to the incident (Representational)
Villupuram:
Five individuals, together with a girl, died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor within the district, police stated on Sunday.
Four police personnel had been suspended in reference to the incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin stated.
All the 5 had been admitted to a authorities hospital late on Saturday the place three of them died initially. Two others, together with the girl, died on Sunday with out responding to remedy,police stated.
One particular person has been arrested in reference to the incident and the police are on the lookut for some extra. The incident occurred at Ekkiyarkuppam at Marakanam close to right here on Saturday evening.
Underlining his authorities’s resolve to eradicate the menace of hooch and medicines, chief minister Stalin stated 4 police personnel, together with two inspectors, have been suspended in reference to the incident. He had introduced Rs 10 lakh as aid to every of the households of the three males who died earlier.
AIADMK normal secretary and Leader of Opposition, Ok Palaniswami, stated throughout his party-led 10 yr rule (2011-21), there was no place for illicit liquor within the state and blamed the ruling DMK’s ‘inefficiency’ for the deaths. “Steps must be not less than taken now in opposition to illicit liquor” he stated in a social media submit.
PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss sought in opposition to officers involved over the sale of hooch and reiterated his get together’s demand for ending nationalisation of liquor gross sales within the State in addition to implementation of prohibition.
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