‘Systemic failures’ made tribal man take his sister’s skeletal remains to bank, finds probe in Odisha
A tribal man in Odisha carried his sister's skeletal remains to a bank to prove her death after being denied access to her account funds. A government probe found systemic failures in the bank's verification process led to the incident. The man sought to withdraw ₹19,300 from his sister's account, which had been blocked due to lack of formal death documentation.
- ▪Jitu Munda exhumed his sister Kalara Munda's body to provide death proof to a bank in Keonjhar district.
- ▪The bank had requested official documentation of death, which was unavailable, prompting the exhumation.
- ▪Kalara Munda had died two months prior, and ₹19,300 remained in her bank account.
- ▪The Odisha government's preliminary inquiry identified systemic failures in the banking and administrative processes.
- ▪The incident occurred in Diananali village under Patna block on April 27, 2026.
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A preliminary inquiry by the Odisha government has indicated systemic failures behind the desperate and disturbing act of a tribal man who carried his sister’s skeletal remains to a bank in order to prove her death.Asked by the bank to submit proof of his sister’s death to withdraw money from her account, Jitu Munda of Diananali village under Patna block in Keonjhar district had exhumed his sister’s body and carried the skeletal remains on his shoulder to the bank on Monday (April 27, 2026). Mr. Munda wanted to withdraw ₹19,300 that was in the account of Kalara Munda, who had died two months ago.
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