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Ten killed in Kerala hooch tragedy
Ten people, including a woman, were killed and 42 others hospitalised after consuming illicit liquor at Kalluvathukal in Kollam district yesterday, police said today.
Ten people, including a woman, were
killed and 42 others hospitalised
after consuming illicit liquor at
Kalluvathukal in Kollam district
yesterday, police said today.
While eight died at the medical
college hospital here this morning,
two lost their lives at district
hospital, Kollam, yesterday, police
added.
Police said the victims had consumed the hootch from an
unlicensed shop at Kalluvathakul last evening.
Of the 42 taken ill, 26 were admitted to the medical
college hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, and the remaining to the
Kollam District Hospital, they said.
Bureau Report