Kerala Prisoner Mistakes Hand Sanitiser For Alcohol, Dies After Drinking It
In a bizarre incident, a remand prisoner died at a district hospital in Kerala¡¯s Palakkad after allegedly consuming sanitiser which he confused for alcohol, officials said.
Ramankutty, who was put in the prison as a remand prisoner was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after he fell unconscious inside the jail.
"We suspect that he drank a bottle of sanitiser which are manufactured in the jail premises (by the prisoners) as per the instructions of the state government," a senior jail official told PTI.
He was fine on Tuesday and was also in attendance for the roll call on Wednesday but fell unconscious at around 10:30 am, said, officials.
Jail authorities use Isopropyl alcohol as the main content of the hand sanitiser.
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In light of the shortage, directions were given to engage the prisons in the State in manufacturing masks. It has commenced on a war footing basis. Today, the Prison officials of Thiruvananthapuram Jail have handed over the first batch. pic.twitter.com/QKgHWqYNOg
Police stated they have filed a case and the accurate reason of death will come to light only after a post-mortem is performed.
Since the outbreak of coronavirus, the prisoners in Kerala geared up to manufacture hand sanitisers owing to the acute shortage of the commodity. To overcome shortage of masks, amid coronavirus outbreak, Kerala prisoners made over 6,000 masks in just two days.
