Children Orphaned

Tamil Nadu Hooch Tragedy Leaves Families Devastated, 3 Children Orphaned

It’s 7pm on Thursday, and the small cremation ground in Karunapuram Village, Kallakurichi, is overcrowded. The tragic deaths of more than 45 individuals in a hooch incident have forced these harrowing scenes upon the villagers. With 22 pyres lined up and an intermittent drizzle threatening to extinguish the flames, the...