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Money in account and sister’s grave secure, but Odisha man who carried skeleton remains haunted

The Indian Express·Sujit Bisoyi·20 days ago
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Near the doorway of his modest one-room concrete house at Dianali village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, Jitu Munda sits surrounded by relatives, who have been visiting him daily. Jitu, who is in his 60s, has got tired telling the story, but every fresh group of visitors wants to know how he carried the skeleton of his sister to a local bank branch — and became a national headline. Every time that he does so, Jitu turns to his sister’s grave, located barely a few metres away, and folds his hand in apology. Much has changed since April 27 when Jitu walked around 3.5 km barefoot to the Malliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank, carrying sister Kalara Munda’s skeleton . He wanted to prove to the bank officials that she was indeed dead, and they should let him withdraw the Rs 19,300 in her account. With the incident, from the home district of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, triggering outrage, action followed swiftly.…

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