A 40-year old Ramu Birhor of Birhor community suffering from jaundice died in the absence of medical treatment at Kalapathar Birhor village under the Saria police in Giridih. District health officials, however, denied any carelessness or non-availability of medical treatment to the person claiming, he was suffering from severe jaundice, sources said.
“The condition of my father deteriorated on Thursday following which some local officials who reached my village and given some assistant,” said his son Jatu Birhor.
A villager Punam Birhor said that the local administration has provided a water tank and a solar lamp in their village but there is no water no light in the village.
Eventually on Thursday morning BDO of Saria block Shasi Bhusan Verma reached the Birhor village and given some assistant to them.
90-year -old ladu Birhor of the village is also suffering from same disease since long.