Seeking relief: Kin of AgriGold victims at the protest in Vijayawada on Monday. more-inAround 90 family members of AgriGold victims, both customers and agents from across the State, launched a 30-hour hunger strike at the Hanumantharaya Grandhalayam here on Monday. Senior CPI leaders including State secretary K. Rama Krishna and Teachers’ MLC Nageswara Reddy took part in the protest. He gave an ultimatum to the State government to release ₹5 lakh to each victim before the end of the hunger strike. ACAWA president Muppalla Nageswara Rao, secretary Tirupathi Rao, CPI city secretary Donepudi Sankar and others took part.

Source: The Hindu December 18, 2017 19:41 UTC