Three people die in Kerala after consuming 'spurious' liquor
Palakkad: Three people were found dead at a Tribal colony at Kanjikode near here and nine, including three women, hospitalised, allegedly after consuming spurious liquor,police said on Monday.
Residents of the colony, Ayyappan and Raman, both above 52 years, died yesterday and were buried, they said.
"Today morning, the residents found Sivan (37) dead in front of his house and alerted us.We are filing three FIRs," the investigating officer told PTI.
Police said nine, including three women, are under treatment at the district hospital here and all had consumed liquor the previous day.
"We don't know whether what they consumed was liquor or not.The survivors say it was whitish in colour and got some smells similar to phenyl.We are probing in all directions," Palakkad SPG Siva Vikram told the media.
Police are awaiting the post-mortem report of the deceased in order to confirm the cause of death. They suspect spirit or sanitiser was added to the liquor.
Police also said that the two bodies will be exhumed.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
