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Tenkasi food poisoning case: Death toll rises to 6
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
|June 24, 2025
THE death toll in the Sundarapandiapuram old age home food poisoning case increased to six after a 74-year-old man died in the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TvMCH) on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Selvaraj, a native of Mooppanpatti near Kovilpatti. Five other inmates had died earlier in different hospitals. Around ten people are receiving treatment in TvMCH.
This story is from the June 24, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Coimbatore.
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