Allahabad: Dharmendra and his wife, Usha Devi were struggling for life, there was not a single grain of food in their house. The 28 year old Dharmendra who was a jobless Dalit, succumbed to death, due to starvation, in a village in Allahabad on Sunday.
The couple survived on the food provided by the villagers, who stopped doing so recently due to which they were forced to starve.
After a thorough inspection by Tehsildar Ramkumar Verma, it was found that the couple had no trace of food in the house. Dharmendra and his differently abled wife were found living in their house in Dharauta village under Soraon tehsil. The Tehsildar also gave Rs. 1,000 to the family as an immediate relief.
An action against the local officials and the owner of the fair price shop, which gives out government subsidised food items to the poor, who cannot afford it, has been demanded by the district administrator.
Dharmendra was a local dancer who used to perform at rural functions. He did not have an Aadhar Card which is the basic requirement for free and subsidised ration to people living below the poverty line. Dharmendra was not able to get food at the fair price shop because of the absence of below poverty line (BPL) and ration cards.
