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Demonetisation led to another tragic incident in Hooghly district of West Bengal. A 45-year-old man died of heart attack while standing in a queue outside an ATM here today.
The deceased was a state government employee, Kallol Roy Chowdhury, who was posted in Cooch Behar district. The incident took place near Bandel station in Kolkata at around 7.30 am.
Chowdhury had got down at the station while he was on his way back to his home. He was supposed to withdraw cash and catch another train for Kolkata at the Bandel station. At Bandel, Roy Chowdhury went to withdraw some cash from ATM outside the station. While standing in a queue he suddenly complained about chest pain and collapsed.
NO ONE CAME TO HELP
According to eye witnesses, he kept lying on the road for at least thirty minutes but no one came to help him because nobody wanted to give up on their chance to withdraw money.
The security guard posted at the ATM realised that Roy Chowdhury was not responding. The guard later he rushed Chowdhury to the Chinsurah Imambara Hospital in an auto rickshaw where doctors declared him brought dead.
"He was standing in queue to withdraw cash. When we saw him falling to the ground we called a local doctor who advised us to immediately rush him to the hospital," said one of the eye witnesses.
Locals managed to inform Chowdhury's family after they discovered his contact details from the documents that they found on him.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee immediately tweeted in the response to the incident.
"Unfortunate death toll continues. This morning Kallol Roy Chowdhury collapsed and died in front of SBI ATM at Bandel station. My condolences to the bereaved family. Is Modi babu listening?"
Mamata Banerjee ✔ @MamataOfficial
Unfortunate death toll continues... This morning Kallol Roy Chowdhury collapsed and died in front of SBI ATM at Bandel station 1/2
Mamata Banerjee ✔ @MamataOfficial
My condolences to the bereaved family. Is Modi babu listening? 2/2
12:30 PM - 3 Dec 2016
The Trinamool Congress has claimed that at least seven persons have died across the state due to demonetisation, while the total death toll across the country was 86.
"Sad. At least 86 people have now died. Note Chaos. Demonetisation," party spokesperson Derek O'Brien tweeted on Saturday.
https://twitter.com/quizderek/status/804984483434807300/
