Elderly man charred to death in Salem

A 75-year-old man was charred to death on Tuesday.

Subramani stayed with his wife Chinna Pillai , 70, in a hut at Sentharapatti near Thammampatti. A few days ago, Chinna Pillai had gone to Chennai to visit her sons, leaving Subramani alone back home. Early on Tuesday, the hut caught fire, and Subramani was charred to death. Thammampatti police sent the body for a postmortem. A case has been registered and a probe is on to find out the reason for the fire.