The grieving relatives of Chinnathambi, 34, and his mother-in-law Vasantha, 42, who lost their lives after consuming spurious liquor at Perumkaranai in Chengalpattu district. (Source: B. Jothi Ramalingam )Unfolding of horror: Those who consumed spurious liquor underwent treatment at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital. (Source: S.S. KUMAR)
Just a month after the government declared in the Assembly that hooch tragedies were a thing of the past in Tamil Nadu, twin hooch tragedies in the State claimed 22 lives and left 45 others hospitalised. Several others are under treatment, fighting for their lives, already blinded by the methanol they had consumed.
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