A 28-year-old unemployed Dalit man allegedly died of hunger in a village of Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad district on Sunday morning. Identified as Dharmendra, his wife, Usha Devi too was found fighting for life without a morsel of food in their home. The district administration, however, instructed action against the local officials and the owner of the fair price shop, which provides government subsidised food to the poor. In the absence of below poverty line (BPL) and ration cards, he was not able to get food grain from the fair price shop. But of late, the people have stopped giving them alms, plunging the couple into hunger

Source: Indian Express October 24, 2016 05:22 UTC