Overview
- Victims collapsed within minutes of consuming an herbal concoction for alcohol de-addiction prepared by self-declared healer Fakirappa in Imadapur village.
- Three people died on August 6 and a fourth remains in critical condition at the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Sedam police arrested Fakirappa and remanded him to judicial custody on charges of causing death by negligence under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Autopsies have been carried out at GIMS and the bodies have been released to families as authorities await results from the forensic science laboratory.
- The case underscores the risks faced by impoverished rural communities that rely on unregulated traditional medicine in the absence of formal healthcare facilities.