Muralidhar Dhara died from a heart attack after his son, a PMC Bank account holder, could not withdraw money. (Photo: India Today)

A Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank customer lost his father on Friday as he could not withdraw money from his bank account for his heart surgery. The deceased, identified as Muralidhar Dhara, died of a heart attack in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Muralidhar Dhara's son, Prem Dhara, claimed his father died of a heart attack as he could not be treated for a heart condition on time.

Speaking to India Today TV, Prem Dhara said he has Rs 80 lakh in his PMC Bank account but he had not been able to withdraw money for his father's heart surgery ever since the bank scam was unearthed.

He also said that his father, Muralidhar Dhara had been ill for a long time and the doctors had asked him to get bypass surgery. Muralidhar Dhara was a resident of Mulund in Mumbai.

Mumbai: Muralidhar Dhara, a Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank account holder, passed away today due to heart attack. #Maharashtra ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2019





Two days ago, a 51-year-old customer of the PMC Bank died from a cardiac arrest after returning home from a protest against the PMC Bank scam.

Sanjay Gulati, a resident of Taporewala Gardens in Mumbai's Oshiwara, was an account holder in the disgraced PMC Bank. He had deposits worth Rs 90 lakhs in the Oshiwara branch of the PMC Bank.

A relative Rajesh Dua told India Today TV that Sanjay Gulati required money on a regular basis as his son was specially-abled and therefore a substantial amount of money was required for the child's treatment. "Sanjay had been disturbed for the past several days as he was not able to withdraw money from his own account," Rajesh Dua said.

On October 15, another PMC Bank customer committed suicide by taking an overdose of pills. The police, however, ruled out the possibility that his suicide was related to the bank scam. The doctor has been identified as Nivedita Bijlani and she was suffering from depression. Nivedita was a 39-year-old MD doctor.