CHENNAI (AsiaNews) – The demise toll from the Kallakurichi methanol tragedy in Tamil Nadu has risen to 50, whereas practically 100 different persons are combating for his or her lives after consuming an alcoholic drink within the city of Kallakurichi, about 200 kilometers from Chennai, in Tamil Nadu.
The victims had been virtually all from the decrease caste. Many of the deceased belonged to the economically and socially weaker sections of Dalits within the metropolis, whereas some others had been from close by villages. The Kallakurichi authorities hospital has been utterly overrun by a relentless circulate of customers of the lethal brew, introduced in by mini vans and lorries from the encompassing areas for the reason that night of June 19.
Police superintendent suspended. The Tamil Nadu authorities has ordered the speedy suspension of Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police Samay Singh Meena and transferred district administrative officer Sravan Kumar Jatavath. A dozen cops and employees from the Prohibition Enforcement Wing – the particular division of the police devoted to implementing liquor legal guidelines – had been additionally suspended on expenses of negligence pending an investigation.
The households of the victims will probably be compensated with 11 thousand euros. The top of the native authorities of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin, in expressing his shock, gave strict directions to take motion in opposition to all these suspected of being concerned within the crime and introduced compensation of 1 million rupees (about 11 thousand euros ed) for the households of the deceased and 50 thousand rupees (round 550 euros) for sufferers admitted to hospital.
The witness. One lady tearfully mentioned all three of her youngsters are hospitalized due to alcohol. The sort of demise happens primarily in Northern Tamil Nadu and in locations the place the inhabitants is educationally backward and economically poor. The district of Kallakurchi – recollects Father Devasagayara, of the archdiocese of Cuddalore-Pondicherryj – “is likely one of the poorest districts in Tamil Nadu, the place individuals select low-cost alcohol as a result of they can’t afford to purchase costly drinks”.
* Nirmala Carvalho – Asianews
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– 2024-06-23 01:37:32
