Pertaining to the deaths caused by drinking fake alcohol in Tamil Nadu, Kallakurichi district, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance and as such it has given both Chief Secretary and Director General of Police seven days ultimatum to submit an explanation on this matter.
Mournful relations of a hootch casualty spotted at a funeral in Karunapuram in Kallakurichi town last week
“The words used by the Commission are that States have exclusive power over production, manufacture, possession, transport, purchase and sale of alcoholic beverages,” said a statement from NHRC. The report was supposed to clearly indicate what had happened with the FIR, what action had been taken against culprits among officers and what happened to victims as well as how compensation was distributed to affected families.
Through media reports on the issue, NHRC became alive to it. It further stated that if these news reports carried truth content then “it raises serious concerns about violation of right to life of victims.”
