Grief & sorrow as tribal colony bids farewell to 3 children in Palakkad

AN overwhelming wave of grief swept through Thudikode tribal hamlet in Karimba panchayat on Wednesday as the bodies of three young cousins - Radhika, 9, Pradeep, 5, and Prajeesh, 3, who drowned in a marshy swamp near their home, were laid to rest.

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The children, whose sudden deaths have shattered the hearts of an entire community, were buried at the public crematorium amid tearful tributes.

Before the final rites, the bodies were placed at Maruthumkadu Government LP School, where Radhika and Pradeep were students, for an hour from 10 a.m.