About 216 patients were admitted to various government medical facilities after they consumed the spurious liquor on Tuesday, 20 June, night.
Kamal Haasan meets Kallakurichi hooch tragedy victims. (X)
Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Sunday said the 56 victims of the hooch tragedy were “careless” who “exceeded their limit”. In Tamil Nadu, there is “enough” liquor available; liquor retail outlets of state-run TASMAC outnumber pharmacies, he said after meeting the survivors. “They must understand that exceeding the limit in any form, be it sugar or anything, is bad,” he added.