“When I saw her, I almost lost hope,” said Tulsi Nayak. “She was senseless and there was no hair or skin on her head.”
For the last four days, Tulsi’s sister Moina Nayak has been fighting for her life at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital. Moina, 24, works at a tea factory at Dibrugarh’s Lepetkata Tea Estate, owned by Luxmi Tea Company Private Ltd. At 8.30 am on July 19, she was sweeping residual leaves from the floor when her hair got caught in a CTC machine, which crushes, tears and curls tea leaves. The machine ripped the hair and skin from Moina’s scalp.
