Indian man calls news gathering to pronounce he is alive

An Indian specialist has held a question and answer session to pronounce he is alive and that reports of his demise in the nation's money emergency were overstated.

"My notoriety was destroyed," RB Sinha told the BBC, saying gossipy tidbits he kicked the bucket of a heart assault spread after an erroneous report of an assessment attack on him.

India's late boycott of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes was a move against unlawful money property, however it started mayhem.

Most reports of passings and suicides have been everything except difficult to check.

Executive Narendra Modi has requested that individuals keep quiet and give the administration 50 days to completely supplant the banned notes with new ones.

The administration says the move was to take action against defilement and illicit money possessions known as "dark cash" - and this has included duty assaults to uncover undeclared money.

On Tuesday nearby media said a salary impose attack on 65-year-old Dr Sinha's home in the area of Chhapra in Bihar state yielded 60 million rupees ($888,890; £714,290) in illicit money.

"This was altogether off base. A nearby channel even sent their correspondent and cameraman outside my home and shot some footage. At that point the news spread like rapidly spreading fire via web-based networking media and WhatsApp," he said.

"Things turned out to be more regrettable when gossipy tidbits began coasting in the area that I had passed on of a heart assault taking after the strike.

"So I held a question and answer session at my facility on Tuesday to announce that I am sound and alive and there was no wage charge strike on my habitation."

Dr Sinha said he had sent legitimate notices to two nearby channels and a news site for conveying the false news.

There have been media reports that up to 33 individuals have kicked the bucket "because of demonetisation" since last Tuesday when the old high section notes were scrapped.

The casualties incorporate individuals who have apparently experienced heart assaults while remaining in lines outside banks, and other not able to pay for treatment at doctor's facilities for absence of money.