70-year-old Andhra woman dies in bank queue

The deceased has been identified as Batsala Laxmamma (70), a resident of Bavanapadu village of Vajrapukotturu mandal.
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SRIKAKULAM: In the second death related to demonetisation of high denomination currency notes in this Srikakulam district, a 70-year-old woman died while standing in the queue outside a bank on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Batsala Laxmamma (70), a resident of Bavanapadu village of Vajrapukotturu mandal.

She came to the Vajrapukotturu branch of Andhra Bank on Friday morning to withdraw her old-age pension benefit of Rs 1,000.

While standing in the queue, she suddenly collapsed. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.

On December 8, a social security pensioner died in the queue in front of the Borivanka branch of Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) in Kaviti mandal.

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