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4 Valparai residents among victims

M. Gunasekaran and S. Ramesh

VALPARAI/Salem: Four Anglo-Indians, including a couple who lived in the tea town of Valparai in Coimbatore district, are among the 15 Indians missing after a Kenya Airlines Boeing aircraft crashed in Cameroon early on Saturday.

Kevin Joseph J. Nigli (60), who worked as technical advisor for an estate in Cameroon, and his wife Shirly Nigli (58), a teacher, were on their way home.

Kevin Nigli had worked as field officer with the Periya Karumalai Tea Estate here for decades and after his retirement moved to Cameroon on contract for two years. As Nigli's father had moved to Valparai, Kevin was brought up in the town.

Gracy Manuel (55), wife of Francis Coreya, and Joseph (57), who worked at the Thaimudi estate, near Mudis in Valaparai, were also on the same flight. They all hailed from different parts of Kerala and left Valparai after working for decades in the plantation industry.

Gracy Manuel, a housewife, was on her way to India to be with her daughter who is pregnant. Eric John, a relative of Ms. Manuel, told The Hindu that her husband Francis left the Manjolai tea factory here for Cameroon two years ago.

Joseph (57), who worked as a field officer here, was on his way to India for his son's marriage, sources said.

Shirly Nigli worked as a teacher in the Beula convent here.

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