<p>A pall of gloom descended on Vellore hospital near Ranipet on Saturday when the bodies of the victims of an effluent-tank mishap arrived for post-mortem.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Most of the victims’ friends, especially those hailing from West Bengal, were in tears.<br /><br />“It is my saddest day. I don't know how I will explain this to their parents at home,” said Samsudeen, a friend of victims Pyar Khan, Afeez Khan, Shahjahan and Ali Akbar.<br /><br />Samsudeen had come with his friends from the Midnapore district of West Bengal in search of employment at any leather factory at Ranipet. However, since he failed to get a job with his friends at the leather factory, he went to Chennai and was employed in a hotel.<br /><br />He said he would help the government hand over the bodies of his friends to their parents. “The worst part is that I am accompanying the bodies,” he said.<br /><br />Musthafa, who came to see his friends' bodies after hearing the news, said: “I received a call very early in the morning from my friend Akram Khan's phone. However, it was not his voice. It was the cops, who said my friend had perished in a mishap.” <br /><br />Tears welled up in his eyes as he said: “Akram Khan was about to get engaged.”A senior police official deployed near the hospital told Deccan Herald that consoling the victims' friends was difficult. “They were very emotional,” he said.<br /><br />Kalliappan, the cousin of security guard Sampath who died in the mishap, said: “He was very soft-spoken and very helpful. We have not been able to come to terms with what has happened.” <br /><br />Kalliappan had come to Vellore hospital to receive Sampath's body.<br /><br />Bodies on train<br /><br />Police sources said the bodies of nine victims would be sent by train to their respective homes on Saturday night. “The bodies will reach there on Monday morning, escorted by a police team,” said the police official.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam expressed grief over the death of the 10 people, and announced an assistance of Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the deceased. </p>
<p>A pall of gloom descended on Vellore hospital near Ranipet on Saturday when the bodies of the victims of an effluent-tank mishap arrived for post-mortem.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Most of the victims’ friends, especially those hailing from West Bengal, were in tears.<br /><br />“It is my saddest day. I don't know how I will explain this to their parents at home,” said Samsudeen, a friend of victims Pyar Khan, Afeez Khan, Shahjahan and Ali Akbar.<br /><br />Samsudeen had come with his friends from the Midnapore district of West Bengal in search of employment at any leather factory at Ranipet. However, since he failed to get a job with his friends at the leather factory, he went to Chennai and was employed in a hotel.<br /><br />He said he would help the government hand over the bodies of his friends to their parents. “The worst part is that I am accompanying the bodies,” he said.<br /><br />Musthafa, who came to see his friends' bodies after hearing the news, said: “I received a call very early in the morning from my friend Akram Khan's phone. However, it was not his voice. It was the cops, who said my friend had perished in a mishap.” <br /><br />Tears welled up in his eyes as he said: “Akram Khan was about to get engaged.”A senior police official deployed near the hospital told Deccan Herald that consoling the victims' friends was difficult. “They were very emotional,” he said.<br /><br />Kalliappan, the cousin of security guard Sampath who died in the mishap, said: “He was very soft-spoken and very helpful. We have not been able to come to terms with what has happened.” <br /><br />Kalliappan had come to Vellore hospital to receive Sampath's body.<br /><br />Bodies on train<br /><br />Police sources said the bodies of nine victims would be sent by train to their respective homes on Saturday night. “The bodies will reach there on Monday morning, escorted by a police team,” said the police official.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam expressed grief over the death of the 10 people, and announced an assistance of Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the deceased. </p>
