Three persons have died in separate incidents in Hardoi and Aligarh districts allegedly after failing to exchange the scrapped high-denomination notes after the Centre's demonetisation move.
In Hardoi, 75-year-old man Kamta Prasad was standing in a queue before Dhikauuni branch of Bank of India when he suddenly fell ill and died on the spot, Station officer of Atrauli police station, Shyam Babu Shukla said.
Prasad, a resident of Baghnowan Shek village, was ill but had gone to withdraw money from the bank alongwith his family members, the SO said.
In Aligarh, 50-year-old Babu Lal, a resident of Nagla Mansingh, yesterday died due to heart attack after failing to exchange old currency notes despite making persistent efforts at different banks since the past three days, family sources said.
The victim was under tremendous pressure as his daughter's wedding was slated for November 26, they said.
Babu Lal complained of chest pain after returning from a bank yesterday. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
In a separate incident in Aligarh, Mohammed Idrees (45), a resident of Jamalpur locality, died due to heart attack while he was on his way to a bank to exchange old currency notes yesterday, his family claimed.
They said Idrees had no bank account but he was making rounds of a local bank to exchange old notes since the past four days.
Local SP legislator Zameer Ullah Khan said the death of both Babulal and Idrees were connected with the "shock and frustration over failure to get currency notes exchanged" and demanded proper compensation for their families.
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