One more dies, Kallakurichi death toll at 66

KALLAKURICHI: One more person, who consumed spurious arrack at Karunapuram in Kallakurichi, fell ill and was undergoing treatment at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Institute (Jipmer), Puducherry died on Wednesday morning. This takes the hooch death toll to 66. The deceased was identified as G Sivaraman from Mamanthur, Kallakurichi.

As many as 229 people including 12 women and a transgender, who complained of nausea, vomitting, stomach pain and loss of vision, after consuming spurious liquor on June 18 and 19, were admitted to hospitals at Kallakurichi, Salem, Villupuram, Chennai and Puducherry for treatment.

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