Seven dead after consuming spurious liquor, Stalin announces compensation
Following the tragic deaths of three people in Villupuram’s Marakkanam due to the consumption of spurious liquor, Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced ex-gratia for the deceased and aid for those hospitalised.
Stalin, in an official statement, said his government is putting its best foot forward to curtail sales of spurious liquor. He added that a sum of Rs 10 lakhs would be given to the family of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those who are being treated at the hospital.
In addition to this, the statement informed that Marakkanam police inspector Arul Vadivazhagan, sub-inspector Deepan and Prohibition and Enforcement Wing (PEW) officer Maria Sobi Manjula have been placed under suspension for negligence.
In a shocking incident in Marakkanam, 16 have consumed spurious liquor at Ekkiyar Kuppam. Subsequently all of them reported dizziness and vomit, seven of them had died while being hospitalised at Puducherry’s JIPMER.
Meanwhile, Amaran, the one who sold illicit liquor, has been arrested and cops are on the lookout for his associates.