Four persons, including a mother-son duo, died after consuming herbal medicine given by a self-declared folk healer for alcohol de-addiction at Imadapur village in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district in Karnataka on August 6-7.
The victims are Lakshmi Narasimhalu (45), a hotel employee and resident of Buragapalli village; and her son Ningappa Narasimhalu (21); Nagesh Gadugu (27) of Madakal village, and Ganesh Rathod (30) from Dakka tanda in Shahabad taluk of Kalaburagi district.
Three of the victims died on August 6 evening, and one reportedly died on August 7.
A complaint was lodged by Navitha Bhagappa Kachavar at Sedam police station on August 6 in which she stated that her mother Lakshmi Narasimhalu and her brother Ningappa called her on August 5 to obtain a token number from a traditional healer named Fakirappa of Imadapur village for getting medicines for the de-addiction.
Navitha, along with her husband, visited Imadapur on August 6 morning to collect a token for consultation while her mother Lakshmi and brother Ningappa reached Imadapur at noon.
