Denied Money for Medical Treatment, 80-Yr-Old Farmer Dies in Bank

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On Thursday, an 80-year-old farmer died in a bank in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh following an argument over the withdrawal limit.

Baladeen hailed from Saragpura village, seven kilometres away from the Allahabad Bank him and his son visited for four consecutive days. His son, Rajesh Kumar said:

My father wasn’t keeping well, we needed the money badly for his heart treatment. I filled the withdrawal slip for Rs 14,000 but the clerk gave us Rs 6,000. I told him about my father’s condition and my father pleaded with him but he was unrelenting.

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When Baladeen argued with the bank employees, having reached the counter after hours of waiting, they told him to withdraw the remaining amount the following week. Soon after, he complained of chest pains and collapsed within the bank premises.

Baladeen’s death angered people within the bank who began sloganeering and demanding the arrest of bank employees. Police had to be called in to disperse the crowd.

(With inputs from Hindustan Times.)

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