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TN: 2 AIADMK workers die due to sunstroke at Jayalalithaa's rally
Salem, TN, Apr 20 (IBNS): Two AIADMK party workers collapsed and died of sunstroke during an election rally that was being addressed by party chief J Jayalalithaa, media reports said.
One 55-year-old Pachiannan and another 62-year-old Periyasamy from Salem district died of sunstroke, police said.
Their bodies have been sent to the government hospital for autopsy, said reports.
Temperatures in many parts of Tamil Nadu has been as high as 40 degrees Celsius.
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