1. Spurious liquor consumption deaths | Toll rises to 15; CM visits patients; Villupuram SP suspended
The death toll on account of spurious liquor consumption at Marakkam in Villupuram district rose to 10 with four more persons succumbing today and the death toll at Maduranthakam in Chengalpattu district touched five, with the passing away of one more person.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, after meeting victims undergoing treatment at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital, announced the transfer of probe to the Crime Branch-CID. Preliminary investigations suggests that industrial methanol was used in the preparation of the spurious liquor that was packed and sold in liquor bottles of TASMAC, he added.