Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police, Rajat Chaturvedi, said that raids are going on in the state over the incident and the police will give a press note soon.
AIADMK legislators staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly in protest over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Ruckus erupted in the House after AIADMK leaders demanded discussion on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, flagged black clothes and raised slogans in the Assembly.
DC Pradeep Kumar spoke with the people and made them aware of the harmful effects of the illicit liquor. He also made the local residents take an oath that they would not consume illicit liquor.
The second day of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Session began in Chennai on Friday with a ruckus as AIADMK legislators sporting black clothes raised slogans inside the House over the hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi.
The Speaker Appavu ordered the watch and ward staff, which performs security duties inside the Assembly, to evict AIADMK MLAs from the Assembly hall. Since June 19 afternoon, at least 47 persons lost their lives in the Kallakurichi district of the State after they consumed illicit liquor
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"When people don't have money, they go for cheap illicit liquor. People should understand that if they resort to such things, it will take away their lives and their families will suffer," Elangovan said.
AIADMK advocates have requested the Madras High Court to take up an urgent petition on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy issue for hearing. The Madras High Court division bench of Justices D Krishnakumar and K Kumaresh Babu have agreed to hear it on June 21.
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