Alleged starvation death: BJP sets up fact-finding committee

The Rajasthan BJP on Tuesday set up a four-member committee to investigate local media reports about starvation death of a middle-aged man in a village in Chittorgarh district.

The Rajasthan BJP on Tuesday set up a four-member committee to investigate local media reports about starvation death of a middle-aged man in a village in Chittorgarh district.

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"We have formed a four-member fact-finding committee to look into the reports about starvation death. It will submit its report soon," BJP state chief Arun Chaturvedi said in a statement in Jaipur.

Local media reports said a 45-year-old man had died of hunger in Champakehra village in Chittorgarh district last month.

However, the district administration had denied any starvation death.