As many as 10 persons including three women have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts in north Tamil Nadu.
Six persons including a woman hailing from Ekkiyarkuppam near Marakkanam in Villupuram district died on Sunday. In Maduranthagam in Chengalpattu district, two persons died on Friday and a couple died on Sunday, all caused due to illicit liquor consumption. Over a dozen persons from Ekkiyarkuppam are undergoing treatment in hospitals in Puducherry.
Police sources said over 15 persons, mostly fishermen from the coastal hamlet of Ekkiyarkuppam, had bought the brew from Amaran. It was reportedly a cocktail of methanol, chemicals, and water, sold as arrack. The villagers started falling ill after consuming it. They were rushed to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) and Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
