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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Jharkhand: 58-yr-old woman allegedly dies of starvation, son says no food at home for three days

Jharkhand: 58-yr-old woman allegedly dies of starvation, son says no food at home for three days

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published Published on Jun 4, 2018   modified Modified on Jun 4, 2018
-The Indian Express

The son said that after his father's death in 2010, the little produce from a small farm with the family lasted barely two-to-three months. Officials are also probing as to why the woman, or any other member of her family, was reportedly not getting any other government benefits.

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A 58-year-old woman allegedly died of starvation at a village under Dumri Block of Giridih district in Jharkhand. District officials said the woman’s family did not have a ration card but are probing whether a formal application for the same had been submitted.

According to officials, Savitri Devi, a resident of Mangargaddi village in Dumri, died on Saturday.  However, they were only informed about the death after her younger son, Hulas Mahato, reached home on Sunday. An investigation is underway to probe Devi’s death, they said.

Executive Magistrate and Dumri Block Development Officer (in-charge) Rahul Dev said, “We reached her home on Sunday afternoon. The administration was not informed about it earlier. Prima facie, there was no food in the house. The family did not have ration card. We are probing whether an application was submitted and, if so, whether it was properly processed.”

Officials are also probing as to why the woman, or any other member of her family, was reportedly not getting any other government benefits.

Ram Prasad Mahato, mukhiya (village headman) of Chainpur Panchayat, under which Mangargaddi falls, said, “Savitri’s elder daughter-in-law had come to me about two months ago for verification of her ration card application. I had verified it. But I don’t know whether she submitted it in the block office or not.”

Mahato claimed that his mother has not been receiving pension in the last three years despite being selected under a scheme for widows in 2014.  He said that after his father’s death in 2010, the little produce they got from a small family-owned farm barely lasted for two-to-three months. And the partly stipend he was earning through an apprenticeship program in Uttar Pradesh was also not sufficient to feed the family, he added.

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The Indian Express, 4 June, 2018, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/jharkhand-58-yr-old-woman-allegedly-dies-of-starvation-son-says-no-food-at-home-for-three-days-5203235/


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