Man takes sister's skeleton to bank to claim Rs 20k from her acct in Odisha

A tribal man in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Monday brought the skeleton of his dead sister to a bank to withdraw the money deposited in her name, police said.

The incident took place at the Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank, located in the Patana block of Keonjhar district. The man was identified as Jeetu Munda (50) of Dianali village. He was seeking to withdraw Rs 20,000 from the bank account of his elder sister, Kalra Munda (56), who died two months ago, following an illness. She earned the money through the sale of her cattle.

With no other legal heir, Munda had approached the bank a few days ago to withdraw the money.



However, bank officials asked him to produce a death certificate and other necessary documents to process the withdrawal.

However, Munda was unable to furnish the required framework and hence exhumed his sister’s skeletal remains from her burial site.

"I have run to the bank several times, and the people there told me to bring the account holder to withdraw money deposited in her name. Though I told them that she had died, they did not listen to me and insisted on bringing her to the bank. Therefore, out of frustration, I dug the grave and brought out her skeleton as proof of her death," an illiterate Jeetu Munda told reporters.