Friday, July 27, 2007

Post Script to the Dumped Granny News

CHENNAI: A sick woman of 75 who was thrown in the rubbish by relatives in India has died, officials say. Chinnammal Palaniappan died on Sunday in a home for elderly people where she was taken after being rescued from the rubbish dump in southern Tamil Nadu state. She had told her rescuers she was taken from her home by her grandsons on July 19 and woke on a heap of rotting garbage. The state governement has promised an investigation and action against the family.

The Courier Mail, Friday 27 July 2007

1 comment:

JoGJMac(http://titajo.blogspot.com) said...

that is very sad! i hope nothing of this kind of unfortunate happening takes place again - ever.