Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state plan legal action against the relatives of an elderly woman who was found abandoned on a rubbish tip.Chinnammal Palaniappan, who is thought to be 75, told locals who found her she was driven miles from home in a cattle feed cart and dumped by family members.
She is in the care of local officials while they try to trace her relatives.
Tamil Nadu state Social Welfare Minister Dr Poongothai told the BBC she was "horrified" at the news.
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