Police on Tuesday arrested Hairunnisa and her husband Rajan, the prime accused in Sunday’s twin liquor tragedies in Kollam district of Kerala. The tragedy has claimed 31 lives so far. The couple was arrested from a lodge near the Krishna temple in Guruvayur. The toll in the tragedy rose to 31 with 10 more deaths on Monday, even as the government suspended 10 excise officials amid strong demand for the resignation and prosecution of the Excise Minister. Over 100 fresh cases of liquor poisoning was reported on Monday, taking the number of those being treated at the medical college here to 217.
Bureau Report