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Lalu slams Nitish Govt for undignified treatment to maths wizard

PTI

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Friday slammed Nitish Kumar Government for meting out “undignified” treatment to  the renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh whose family  was denied an ambulance after his death at Patna Medical College  and Hospital (PMCH) here Thursday.

The 74-year-old Singh, who once worked at NASA and California  University, breathed his last at PMCH after prolonged illness.

 The mathematician’s mortal remains was consigned to flames  at Mahuli ghat on river Ganga in Bhojpur district Friday with full state honour.