{"id":77080,"date":"2024-06-20T09:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T09:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/india-at-least-34-people-die-and-more-than-100-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-illegally-brewed-alcohol-in-tamil-nadu\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T09:26:08","slug":"india-at-least-34-people-die-and-more-than-100-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-illegally-brewed-alcohol-in-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/india-at-least-34-people-die-and-more-than-100-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-illegally-brewed-alcohol-in-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"India: At least 34 people die and more than 100 taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/512x512\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png?fit=512,512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India: At least 34 people die and more than 100 taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu\" title=\"India: At least 34 people die and more than 100 taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>At least 34 people have died and more than 100 have been taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu in southern India, a senior official has said.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s chief minister M K Stalin said they had consumed liquor tainted with methanol, according to the Press Trust of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/india-5990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India<\/a><\/strong> news agency.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 people suffering from vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea have been admitted to hospitals in the Kallakurichi district since Wednesday &#8211; and more than 60 are still being treated, a government spokesperson for the state said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-strapline sdc-article-strapline--default-layout\" data-component-name=\"sdc-article-strapline\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__link\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__image-wrap\">\n                <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/320x180\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 320w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/640x380\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 640w\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/256x256\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 256w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/512x512\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 512w\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__body\">\n                <span class=\"sdc-article-strapline__title\">Follow Sky News on WhatsApp<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-strapline__text\">Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\" class=\"sdc-article-strapline__button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tap here<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A police chief is among at least 10 officials who have been suspended in the district over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A video from the ANI news agency, which is part-owned by Reuters news agency, showed healthcare officials carrying patients in ambulances at a hospital, while another showed several people standing outside a mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>M S Prasanth, a senior state official, told the Press Trust of India the number listed in critical condition keeps changing, suggesting the death toll could rise.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulances, doctors and specialists from nearby areas have been deployed to the district.<\/p>\n<p>A 49-year-old man named as Govindaraj has been arrested by police for selling illegal alcohol and officers have seized 200 litres of the methanol-mixed alcoholic drink, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/thousands-of-migrants-attempt-to-make-the-dangerous-journey-from-mexico-to-the-us-this-is-where-it-starts-13155816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boy, 14, on perilous journey from South America to US<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/texas-video-shows-moment-driver-rams-into-two-cyclists-before-driving-over-one-of-them-13155821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shocking moment drunk driver ploughs into cyclists<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/filipino-soldiers-fight-off-armed-chinese-coastguard-with-bare-hands-in-disputed-south-china-sea-13155834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filipino soldiers fight off &#8216;armed&#8217; Chinese coastguard with &#8216;bare hands&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than a dozen people died in a similar incident in a nearby district in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>Kallakurichi is located around 150 miles (250km) from the state capital, Chennai.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/india-at-least-34-people-die-and-more-than-100-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-illegally-brewed-alcohol-in-tamil-nadu-13155854\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 34 people have died and more than 100 have been taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu in southern India, a senior official has said. The state&#8217;s chief minister M K Stalin said they had consumed liquor tainted with methanol, according to the Press Trust of India news agency. 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