3 dead after drinking medicine to get high in Chhattisgarh
Three individuals died after allegedly consuming an alcohol-based homeopathy medicine as an alternative choice to liquor in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, police mentioned on Sunday. The deaths occurred on May 7, however its trigger got here to mild on Sunday after an investigation was carried out based mostly on the post-mortem report of one of many deceased, mentioned R Okay Mishra, station home officer (SHO) of Civil Lines police station right here.
The deceased had been recognized as Manish Verma (37), Dalvir Singh Parmar (25) and Balvindar Singh (29), all residents of Pandri space right here, he mentioned.
“On May 7, Verma died at his home, while two others succumbed during treatment at Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital on the same day,” he mentioned.
Suspecting that Verma died of COVID-19, his household carried out his ultimate rites, Mishra mentioned.
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The investigation revealed that the trio had consumed some homeopathy medicine collectively as a alternative of alcohol, following which their situation deteriorated, the SHO mentioned, including that it was but to be ascertained which medicine they’d consumed.
Further probe into the matter is underway.
In an analogous incident, 9 individuals had died in a village in Bilaspur district of the state between May 4 and 6 after allegedly consuming an alcohol-based homeopathy syrup as alternative for liquor, police had mentioned.Â
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