Date:17/05/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/17/stories/2004051705140400.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Starvation death in Nalgonda?

By Our Staff Reporter

NALGONDA, MAY 16. A carpenter, Ramachari of Mukundapuram village of Nereducharla mandal, died allegedly of starvation last night.

While reports reaching from the village indicated that he died due to lack of food for the last four days, officials denied it. A father of three children, Ramachari, had been left with no work and proper food for a long time, according to information reaching here. The Miryalaguda RDO, Rajender, however, sought to deny that the death was due to starvation.