3 die after consuming after-shave lotion

The victims could not buy liquor because of the lockdown

05/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,TIRUCHI

Tasmac outlets are closed due to lockdown.

Three fishermen died in a hospital after reportedly consuming after-shave lotion as a substitute for liquor at Kottaipattinam in Pudukottai district on Friday night.

According to sources, M. Hasan Mydeen, 35, P. Anwar Raja, 33, and M. Arun Pandian, 29, of Fishermen Colony in Kottaipattinam, who could not get liquor because of the closure of Tasmac outlets in the wake of lockdown, had reportedly mixed after-shave lotion in a soft drink and consumed it.

A little later Mr. Raja returned home. Mr. Mydeen and Mr. Pandian began vomiting.

On seeing their condition, passers-by rushed them to the Government Hospital at Manamelkudi. Mr. Raja too was admitted to the hospital and died subsequently, the police said.

Mr. Mydeen and Mr. Pandian died without responding to treatment.

The Kottaipattinam police have registered a case and are investigating.