When a vehicle of the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) reached the Karuthalum Kaithangum taluk-level adalat on the SMV Government Model Higher Secondary School premises near Overbridge on Tuesday, many in the gathering had a puzzled look on their face.
The vehicle opened and out stepped an 11-year-old boy who headed towards Minister for Food and Civil Supplies G.R. Anil. The boy was Mohammed Salman, and he had reached the adalat along with his grandmother, a cancer patient, for a ration card. They had heard that if they had a priority card, they would receive free medical treatment.
