Posted on 04/29/2026 11:42:38 AM PDT by algore
A villager in India carried his sister's corpse to a bank after digging up her remains to prove she had died, having been repeatedly told he could not withdraw money without her being present.
The incident took place at the Maliposi branch of the Odisha Grameen Bank in the Keonjhar district, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
Television networks broadcast footage of the man carrying what appeared to be a corpse partially wrapped in plastic, with skeletal legs visible and slung over his shoulder.
'This created a highly distressing situation at the premises,' the bank said.
The man, identified as Jeetu Munda, had been trying for weeks to access around INR 19,300 (£151) from the account of his elder sister, Kalra Munda, who died in January after an illness.
He said he was repeatedly told to bring the account holder in person, even after explaining she had died.
According to reports, Jeetu was told by bank staff that he needed to produce official documents, such as a death certificate, before any money could be released.
However, he allegedly struggled to understand the process and failed to provide the required paperwork.
In frustration, he went to the village burial ground on Monday, 27 April, exhumed his sister's remains, wrapped the corpse in cloth, and walked around 3 kilometres (1.8 miles) to the bank.
The bank added that the claim has now been settled after authorities issued the required documents, with the funds released to the legal heirs.
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RE: ...and walked around 3 kilometres (1.8 miles) to the bank.
Should have taken a pedicab.
Driver: “Is she okay?”
Guy: “Hard day. She’s just dead.”
Nod to James Bond about the recently shot Fiona Volpe in the Kiss Kiss Club in Thunderball.
At least his mom wasn’t around to nag him “Oh, no, you’re digging that up again.”
I’d like you meet to my sister!
Banker: Not really. We get two or three a week. They have to follow bank rules. No exceptions.
“Dealing with any account (bank, cell phones, utilities) nowadays makes me feel the same way. What hoops do I jump through next?”
One of my daughters was getting an apartment after college for her first big job. The paperwork was astounding and required a co-signer and a huge credit check.
I literally offered to just pre-pay a year rent rather than deal with it. Not an option.
Go through a ridiculous process involving AI and having to explain why I have no rental history (as in, I’ve always owned a house).
Get to marrital status. Say I’m married. Then they wanted all the same info from my wife.
After a moment, I changed my response to say I am widowed.
Worked.
Told my wife & kids on group chat.
Many humorous memorials flowed in from children.
Promptly followed by responses from my wife to things like “Mom, can I pick me up after practice?” whereupon she would reply “Sorry, I’m dead.”
RE: “Withdrawal at Bernies!”™
Great one.
Teller: “So you back up what your brother said?”
(Brother gets her to nod her head).
Teller: “Good enough for me.”
Who’s stiffing who?
Sounds like a plan for Jill Biden!
I am glad I am in that place in life where I don’t need anything other than to be left alone to go to work. Our new boss here (6 months has a meeting every two weeks and wants the members (10) of the team to have personal story to tell. Mine is always I came to work and went home. Why people think everyone wants to spill their life story on strangers and that makes us work better is beyond me. I work to live, not live to work. Work and life are 2 different things I don’t merge.
The boy doesn't seem to be quite that excitable ...
This is India we're talking about. They do things differently, there.
Don't they have any "Bring out your dead" carts in India?
I had to go through something similar with my mother; I had to take her out of a rehab facility and drive to her bank, which did not have a parking lot. So we parked about 1 1/2 blocks away on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago to get paperwork done.
And, how did the bank in this story verify that the brother brought the right corpse to the bank facility? That could have been anybody, after all.
India hasnt discovered death certificates yet?
I think about $200 US dollars
One time the Office of Personnel Management “killed” my 88 year old mother.
I took a picture of her holding a newspaper and sent it to them.
Then, a year after she actually died, they sent me a bill for money they never sent.
I sent them a copy of the cremation certificate, along with the letters from the previous time they “killed” her. And I told them that she came back from the dead once, and I cremated her this time to make sure she stayed dead.
I never heard from them again.
Ah, cinema history.
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