An Adivasi man in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Monday exhumed his sister’s body and took her skeletal remains to a branch of the Odisha Grameen Bank to prove that she died two months ago so that he could withdraw money that was deposited in her name, The Indian Express reported.

The incident occurred at the Maliposi branch of the Odisha Grameen Bank, a regional rural bank sponsored by the Indian Overseas Bank.

The man, Jeetu Munda, was seeking to withdraw Rs 20,000 from the bank account of his elder sister, Kalra Munda, PTI reported. The inspector-in-charge at the Patna police station, Kiran Prasad Sahu, said that the bank failed to explain the correct process for withdrawing the money to the man.

Kalra Munda died on January 26.

Jeetu Munda was quoted as saying by PTI: “I have gone 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 insisted on bringing her to the bank.”

He said that he eventually exhumed her body “out of frustration”.

The police took away the skeletal remains and buried them again, The Indian Express reported.

The woman’s husband and child had died earlier, leaving Jeetu Munda as her sole surviving relative.

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