Tamil Nadu's Prohibition Amendment Act 2024 increases penalties for illicit liquor, following a hooch tragedy.

Tamil Nadu's Prohibition Amendment Act, 2024, has come into force, enhancing punishment terms and fines for manufacturing, possessing, and selling illicit liquor. This follows a hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi, where over 60 people died from consuming methanol-laced illicit liquor. The new amendment aims to prevent future hooch tragedies and includes life imprisonment for bootleggers in case of fatalities.