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Father, girl die within hours of each other
Starvation deaths suspected, ?family was extremely poor?.
By: Express News Service | Allahabad | Published:November 8, 2015 12:49 am
A 38-YEAR-OLD man and his eight-year-old daughter have allegedly died of starvation at Geenj Pahari village in Allahabad district?s Bara sub-division within a few hours of each other.
The district administration, while denying prima facie that these were starvation deaths, has ordered a probe into the deaths. It has also provided food to the family of the diseased, who reportedly belong to the Musahar community.
Bara Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sushila said while the girl, Radha, died late Friday, her father Samar Bahadur succumbed early Saturday. Radha was the second of Bahadur?s five children.
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?The family is poor and the man was suffering from some disease. We are ensuring that check-ups are done to see if any other family member is suffering from any ailment,? Yadav said.
District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar said: ?Prima facie, death due to starvation is yet to be established. A postmortem report will shed more light on this.
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