Dumka: The retired teachers of Sido Kanhu Murmu University (SKMU) here demanded for lodging a criminal case against the varsity authorities concerned for allegedly denying pension for the last eight months to a retired employee who died a few days ago after suffering from a kidney ailment. “Had his pension and other retirement benefits been disbursed on time, Digambar Prasad Singh would have been alive,” Girish Kumar Vajpayee, who is a retired SKMU staff, said.
The 61-year-old Singh, who used to teach at the SKMU-affiliated Madhupur College, died on January 25 at the Madhupur sub divisional hospital in Deoghar district. According to sources, he was initially undergoing treatment at a Vellore hospital for his kidney disease. Soon after his retirement, he was running from pillar to post trying to collect his pension for continuing his treatment in the southern state. When he was denied of his benefits, he had to undergo treatment in Deoghar which, his relatives claimed, led to hi