Three more persons arrested for their alleged involvement in the Marakkanam hooch tragedy, which claimed 14 lives in Villupuram district have been detained under the Goondas Act.
The CB-CID police had arrested Elayan Nambi, a chemical engineer working at a firm in Vanagaram, Chennai, and bootleggers Raja alias Barkathullah and Ezhumalai, for supplying the brew to local arrack sellers, sub-agents, and brewers who in turn supplied it to the fishermen of Ekkiyarkuppam village on May 14.
Based on a representation from the CB-CID police, Villupuram Collector C. Palani ordered their detention under the Goondas Act. The orders were served on the accused persons lodged in the Cuddalore Central Prison.