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His son Videshi Malhar said they had nothing to eat for the past few days and his father died of hunger and related problems."We... Kumar denied that Malhar died of hunger and said illness was the cause of death.Karishma Devi, Malhar's neighbour and also from the same community, also said he died of hunger. RAMGARH/RANCHI: A 40-year-old man, belonging to the endangered Birhor tribe, has died allegedly of starvation in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district . "We are sending a team...
to find the facts about Malhar's death...
(it)exposes holes in the government welfare schemes," he said. This is the third such fatality reported in the state this month, and the government has categorically stated that hunger is not the cause for the deaths.In the latest incident, Chintamani Malhar from Mandu block died on Wednesday..