Uttar Pradesh woman dies of starvation after husband denied ration for no biometric fingerprint

NEW DELHI: A woman died of starvation in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district.

The deceased woman's husband was refused ration as the shop owner had asked the woman to be present for bio-metric fingerprint, ANI reported.

The woman had been unwell for the past five days.

Woman in Bareilly died due to starvation.She was unwell for past 5 days. Husband was refused ration as ration shop owner allegedly demanded the woman be present for bio-metric fingerprint pic.twitter.com/6Hwd9UKuOZ — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 15, 2017

In October, an 11-year-old girl, Santoshi Kumari, allegedly died of starvation in Jharkhand's Simdega district because her family's ration and Aadhar cards had not been linked.

"We went to get rice, but I was told that no ration will be given to me. My daughter died saying 'bhaat-bhaat' (rice)," news reports quoted the girl's mother, Koyli Devi, as saying.

The Simdega district administration though said Santoshi had died of malaria.

Since then, there have been news reports of at least one other starvation death in Jharkhand.