An illiterate man in Odisha, India, carried his dead sister’s skeleton 3km to a bank after staff repeatedly refused to release her ₹20,000 ($211.32 USD) savings, insisting the “account holder must be present.”
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An illiterate man in Odisha, India, carried his dead sister’s skeleton 3km to a bank after staff repeatedly refused to release her ₹20,000 ($211.32 USD) savings, insisting the “account holder must be present.”
by clintonhuphrey
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Jeetu Munda, a 50-year-old tribal man from Odisha, took a desperate and harrowing step after being caught in a loop of banking red tape. Following the death of his sister, Kalra Munda, in January 2026, Jeetu attempted to withdraw her remaining savings of ₹20,000. Despite informing the bank of her passing, staff at the Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank allegedly insisted that the “account holder must be present” to process the withdrawal. Unaware of how to obtain a formal death certificate or navigate legal heirship, Jeetu exhumed his sister’s skeleton and carried it on his shoulders for 3 kilometers to the bank to provide “physical proof” that she could no longer visit in person. The incident has sparked massive public outrage regarding the lack of sensitivity and guidance provided to marginalized and uneducated communities by financial institutions. Following the viral outcry, local authorities have directed the bank to immediately release the funds to Jeetu.
Sources: Video from X. [https://x.com/i/status/2048960702636003400](https://x.com/i/status/2048960702636003400)
Statement from the bank concerned: [https://x.com/i/status/2049051452719726692](https://x.com/i/status/2049051452719726692) (The bank maintains that protocols must be followed and paperwork is required for third-party claims to prevent fraud).
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Other sources: [Tribal man brings dead sister’s skeleton to Odisha bank to withdraw money from her account](https://www.deccanherald.com/india/odisha/tribal-man-brings-dead-sisters-skeleton-to-odisha-bank-to-withdraw-money-from-her-account-3982936)
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[Claim settled for death certificate: Bank after Odisha man brings sister’s skeleton](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/odisha-bank-withdrawal-keonjhar-man-brings-sisters-skeleton-to-claim-20000-2902408-2026-04-27#google_vignette)
The importance of death certificate
Ummm….NSFW WTF
Yeah honestly much better title than the other guy that posted the exact same clip a few minutes ago
Someone really wanted to prove a point.
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that is news everywhere today.
that must be heartbreaking to carry your sister’s skeleton to receive money from a bank being a pain in the ass.
Bro said I’ll bring you fucking proof, check this out.
Okay I heard the story yesterday but I did not know there was a video too. That is grim.
Every body asking about Death certificate.let me tell you something…..
Death certificate will cost around 10k with bribes.
Without bribe you can’t even get a single thing from govt officials.
Yubikey or shebekey also acceptable as verification.
India doesn’t seem fun to live at unless you’re rich
Just following orders, heil!
WTF
Bank must have asked for death certificate and not the dead sista
She’s gonna haunt the fuck outta that bank.
Man I’m just glad I wasn’t born in India
😳
How is it that she was not cremated?
“Banks hate this one simple trick!”
but for real though, did it work? did he get the money?
Im curious , what does his literacy level have to do with it.
I mean, in the banks defense, they DO need some formal notation that the account holder is deceased. Why would a bank just take your word for it? They should’ve walked him through a death certificate but still.
So….did they give him the money?