"CBI should probe Kallakurichi illicit liquor case, state police involved...": AIADMK's Paliniswami

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 7 (ANI): Following the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in which 66 people lost their lives, AIADMK General Secretary Edapadi Palanisami on Sunday reiterated the party's demands for a CBI investigation and alleged that the state police is involved in the matter.
Paliniswami asserted that if the case is not handed over to CBI then the real culprits will not be punished.
Addressing media persons, Paliniswami stated, "Kallakurichi illicit liquor case should be investigated by CBI. The state police are involved in this matter so if the state government investigates, the real culprits will not be punished. Therefore, CBI should investigate and arrest the real culprits."
According to the latest figure from the administration, the death toll in the tragedy is 65.
Currently, two people are undergoing treatment at Kallakurichi Government Medical and Hospital.
Six people are undergoing treatment in Puducherry, eight in Salem government hospitals. Presently, 16 people are undergoing treatment in total.
The NCW had earlier taken suo motto cognizance of a media report on the deaths of people in the incident and constituted a three-member inquiry committee, led by NCW Member Khushbu Sundar, to look into the matter.
A three-member delegation of the National Commission for Women, led by Khushbu Sundar, visited the families of victims who lost their lives by consuming spurious liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district.
Earlier on June 28, the NDA delegation comprising BJP leaders Anil Antony, Arvind Menon, and MP GK Vasan today met with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman, Kishore Makwana, to submit a memorandum regarding the Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu) illicit liquor tragedy.
They appealed to the Chairman to ensure that the families of the Kallakurichi spurious liquor tragedy victims receive adequate compensation and justice.
The memorandum called for urgent intervention to secure justice for the scheduled caste victims of the Kallakurichi spurious liquor consumption tragedy.
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, along with party workers, sat on hunger strike, demanding a CBI inquiry into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy and the resignation of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over the "inefficiency of the DMK government". (ANI)