Justice Gokuldas Commission report on 2024 Kallakurichi hooch tragedy tabled in T.N. Assembly; holds police, excise officials responsible
The Justice B. Gokuldas Commission report on the 2024 Kallakurichi hooch tragedy has been tabled, holding police and excise officials accountable for the deaths. The report recommends departmental inquiries and government support for children orphaned by the incident.
Why it matters
Addresses systemic administrative failure in public safety and the subsequent accountability measures for a major tragedy.
The Justice B. Gokuldas Commission of Inquiry , which probed the causes and circumstances leading to the illicit arrack tragedy in Kallakurichi in which 69 persons died in 2024 , held officials of the Prohibition and Excise Department responsible for the tragedy.
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“If the authorities vested with the powers of monitoring and scrutinising the storage, transport and sale of methanol had been diligent in their duties, the killer chemical substance could not have found its way from Chennai to Kallakurichi,” the report, which was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), said.
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