Bhubaneswar, June 24 -- Several villages in Odisha'sKeonjhar district were filled with grief on Tuesday as the bodies of five women workers, who died in the Tamil Nadu gas leak incident, were brought back to their native places.

The mortal remains reached Kodipasa, Talachampei, Rangamatia and Tangiri villages, where heart-wrenching scenes unfolded as family members, relatives and villagers gathered to bid a final farewell. Two of the deceased belonged to Tangiri village, while one each hailed from Kodipasa, Talachampei and Rangamatia.

The women were among the victims of the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing factory in Periyapalayam of Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district. With two more workers succumbing during treatment, the death t...