Tamil Nadu News | BJP Intensifies Attack DMK Over Hooch Tragedy | Tamil Nadu Hooch Tragedy | News18Breaking News: BJP intensifies attack on DMK; state government’s actions suggest collusion. The death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu rose to 54 with four more persons losing their lives after consuming spurious liquor at Karunapuram. The victims include 48 men and six women. Most of those who succumbed on the interim night between Friday and Saturday were from Karunapuram.