Woman collapses, dies waiting in queue to get COVID-19 relief from bank in Telangana

Hyderabad, Apr 17 () A 47-year-old woman died onFriday while waiting in a queue to withdraw Rs 1,500 COVID-19lockdown relief provided by the Telangana government, from abank at a village in Kamareddy district, police said.

The woman, who has a history of stroke, was sitting undera tree near the rural bank when she collapsed and died, theysaid.

A case under Section 174 of CrPC has been registered andfurther probe was in progress.

Announcing the lockdown, the state government had saidall families holding food security card would be given a one-time support of Rs 1,500 to meet the expenditure forpurchasing essentials such as dal and vegetables.

The government had also announced 12 kgs of rice perperson to all food security card holders. SJRROH ROH