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Kerala registers unnatural death case after toddler starvation death

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC · How we work

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Kerala police registered an unnatural-death case after a two-year-old boy died of starvation.
The child was found dead at his home in Karthikappally, Alappuzha on Sunday.
Post-mortem showed he weighed 7.6 kg, far below the normal 12 kg.
Kerala’s Child Welfare Committee placed the surviving children under its care.
State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the family is from his constituency and offered help.

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Kerala police registered an unnatural-death case after a two-year-old boy died of starvation.
The child was found dead at his home in Karthikappally, Alappuzha on Sunday.
Post-mortem showed he weighed 7.6 kg, far below the normal 12 kg.
Kerala’s Child Welfare Committee placed the surviving children under its care.
State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the family is from his constituency and offered help.