Mass poisoning due to adulterated alcohol consumption in southern India already leaves 55 dead

June 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The death toll due to the consumption of adulterated home-made alcohol in a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, in the south of the country, has increased to 55, as confirmed this Saturday by the authorities of the Asian country.

The local official Prasanth MS has been in charge of providing this new balance of the incident in the town of Kallakurichi, while the funeral processes continue – a total of 29 fatalities have been cremated or buried – and the delivery of compensation to the families of those affected. Dozens of people remain in critical condition, according to medical sources to the NDTV network.

The Police have arrested four people, including someone allegedly involved in the smuggling of this alcoholic beverage, identified by the mother of one of the deceased as arrack, distilled from coconut or fermented sugar cane, typical of several countries in the region. Southeast Asia.

An individual identified as Chinnadurai, in charge of delivering the distilled liquor to the town, has also been arrested in the last few hours.

Hundreds of people, mostly low-income, die every year in India from consuming adulterated alcohol, cheaper than commercially produced alcohol but which can often cause poisoning, which has led authorities to carry out various operations to try dismantle these production and smuggling networks.