Indian Man Digs Up Sister’s Skeleton And Carries Her To The Bank So That He Can Prove She’s Dead

A villager in Odisha, India, carried his dead sister’s skeleton 3km to the bank after staff repeatedly refused to release her ₹20,000 ($211/£157) savings, insisting the “account holder must be present.”

Jeetu Munda, 50, exhumed his sister’s remains after he was unable to provide the necessary proof that she had died, reports the Lokmat Times. Can you imagine trying that at NatWest?

The video is too disturbing to share (unless we want to lose our advertisers), but here’s a blurred still:

Jeetu’s elder sister, Kalra Munda, had died in January at aged 56 and he had been trying to withdraw from her account ever since.

Jeetu told stunned reporters (translated): “I have run several times to the bank, 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 up the grave and brought out her skeleton as proof of her death.”

Local police inspector Kiran Prasad Sahu told news agency PTI that Jeetu is an “illiterate” rural man who couldn’t understand the process required to nominate him as his sister’s legal heir.

He explained: “Jeetu is an illiterate tribal man. He does not know what the legal heir or nominee is. The bank officials have failed to make him understand the procedure to withdraw money from the dead person’s account.”

Amazingly, Jeetu’s insane approach worked. Or rather, it horrified officials so much that they realised they should probably deal with the situation ASAP. Authorities sat him down and helped complete the withdrawal process through the correct legal channels, and the remains of his sister were reburied under police supervision.

The Odisha Grameen Bank’s chairman described the incident as “deeply unfortunate,” but insisted that staff followed the correct procedures i.e. asking him for his sister’s death certificate and a legal heir certification. I’m guessing he wouldn’t have had either of those handy, even if he did understand what they were going on about.

Enjoy the ₹20,000 ($211/£157), Jeetu. You’ve earned it!

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