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Sad! How people are killed when they turn old in Tamil Nadu villages
Updated On: 22 March, 2017 09:19 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
<p>A tradition followed in some south India villages involves killing people when they turn old. It's called mercy killing because when a family is unable to bear the burden of an elderly, they kill them</p>
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A tradition that is followed in some of the places in south India involves killing people when they turn old. The villagers call this practice mercy killing because when a family is unable to bear the burden of an elderly, they kill them.
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