Postal depositors on hunger strike

BHADRAK: At least 20 depositors of Areda post office staged a hunger strike in front of Bhadrak Head Post office on Monday. They are demanding payment of over ` 40 lakh deposited in their savings accounts. The staff of Areda post office had allegedly siphoned off their savings and been absconding since June 2009. Repeated appeals to the postal authorities have fallen on deaf ears, said a physically-handicapped Yadev Mishra. The Post Master General and CBI have been apprised of the incident. “The CBI submitted its report last year but we are yet to receive our money due to the dilly-dallying attitude of the Postal Department,” said Nursinga Panda, who had saved ` 3 lakh for his daughter’s marriage.The depositors had intimated the police and the postal authority about the stir.Bhadrak Head Post Office Superintendent Kaiblya Parida said we had received no intimation from the authorities concerned about it.