An incident of death due to starvation has come to fore in Barwani district on Monday, the district administration has ordered a probe into the incident.
At least six members of a family were admitted to Government hospital two days ago after complaining vomiting and diarrhoea and an eight-year-old boy died during treatment.
The incident was reported in sendhwa block where six of a same family had fallen ill and where rush to sendhwa hospital couple of days ago. Family of Ratan Kumar is said to be very poor and survives on daily wages.
Locals have also claimed that the poverty-stricken family was not receiving benefits of the Government welfare schemes.
A villager alleged that without ration card, the family was not even getting monthly ration from local fair price shop.
Dr Sunil Patel who attended the family claimed that the affected family said that they hadn't taken food for the last few days.
SDM Anshu Jawla also claimed that prima facie it seems that the family hadn't eaten food for several days.
The officer has affirmed that family would be extended benefits of the government welfare schemes and the guilty in the matter would be punished.
Ironically, in a similar case poverty related case, a 12-year-old girl was arrested by police in Sagar a couple of days ago and sent her to a juvenile home far from home on the charges of stealing only Rs 180 donation box of a temple for buying wheat.
The girl did so after she had lost the sack full of wheat at a flour mill and feared rap from his father.