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Kallakurichi illicit liquor deaths

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Methanol-laced illicit liquor killed more than 60 people in Kallakurichi district.

In June 2024 people in and around Kallakurichi town who had consumed illicit liquor contaminated with methanol fell ill, and more than 200 were hospitalised. The death toll rose to over 60 in the following days. The government transferred the district collector, suspended the superintendent of police and other officers, and appointed a one-member commission headed by retired judge B. Gokuldas. Opposition parties demanded a CBI inquiry and protested in the Assembly.

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