Bhubaneswar: A man in Odisha’s Keonjhar district reportedly exhumed his deceased sister’s skeletal remains and carried them to a bank for withdrawing money from her account.

The incident took place in Patna area of Keonjhar on Monday.

As per reports, the elder sister of one Jitu Munda of Dianali village had died following some illness around two months ago.

Prior to her death, Munda’s sister had deposited around Rs 19,000 in her account in the local branch of Odisha Gramya Bank. She had gathered the money by selling her cattle, reports said.

As Munda’s sister had no other legal heir, he reportedly approached the bank to withdraw the money from her account a few days ago.

However, the bank officials asked Munda to produce his sister’s death certificate and other required documents for withdrawal of the money from her account.

Subsequently, Munda exhumed his sister’s skeletal remains from the burial site and carried them on his shoulder for around 3 km to the bank to produce the proof regarding her death. He reportedly staged a sit-in in front of the bank by keeping the skeletal remains for several hours seeking immediate withdrawal of the money. 

On being informed by the bank officials, the local police reached the spot and convinced Munda to vacate the bank premises. They also made the necessary arrangement for reburial of the skeletal remains, reports added.