Search the Internet           Tips

Liquor poisoning: four more hospitalised

The fresh cases were reported from Pattazhi in Kottarakara, Kalluvathukkal in Kollam and Kunnikode in Trivandrum, the sources said.

The hooch tragedy in Kerala has so far claimed 34 lives since its outbreak at Kollam on October 21.

Police said one Vijayakumar from Raj Nagar colony in Delhi, who was admitted to the hospital for hooch poisoning, allegedly tried to flee the hospital by jumping from the second floor of the building and broke his legs in the process and was readmitted.

Meanwhile, the bar at hotel Chaitram (run by Kerala Tourism Development Corportion) in Trivandrum was closed following reports that a person developed symptoms of liquor poison after consuming a few pegs of Indian Made Foreign Liquor from the bar.

EARLIER REPORTS
Two more hooch deaths: PTI
Hooch claims policeman's life in Thiruvananthapuram district
Inquiry by HC judge into hooch tragedy
Liquor queen' held for twin tragedies in Kerala
Another hooch tragedy, toll 29: PTI
Hairunnisa alias Thatha: Kerala's liquor queen

Tell us what you think of this report