Dana Majhi Of Kala Handi

In a repeat of the sordid incidents of Kalahandi and Vaishali earlier, relatives of a woman were forced to carry her body home on their shoulders after being allegedly denied an ambulance at a government hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.

Rejecting allegation that Dana Majhi was denied a hearse by the authorities forcing him to carry his wife's body on his shoulder for 10 km last month, Odisha government today told the Assembly he had never sought any help before leaving Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital.

A day haunting images of a man carrying his wife's dead body in Odisha's Kalahandi triggered angry response across the country, Congress supporters held a protest against authorities in Bhawanipatna today.

In a repeat of the sordid incidents of Kalahandi and Vaishali earlier, relatives of a woman were forced to carry her body home on their shoulders after being allegedly denied an ambulance at a government hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.

Rejecting allegation that Dana Majhi was denied a hearse by the authorities forcing him to carry his wife's body on his shoulder for 10 km last month, Odisha government today told the Assembly he had never sought any help before leaving Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital.

A day haunting images of a man carrying his wife's dead body in Odisha's Kalahandi triggered angry response across the country, Congress supporters held a protest against authorities in Bhawanipatna today.