India is a vast land of culture, rituals, rites, practices, and occasions...
But recently, an incident that happened in this land may have shaken the whole country, but unfortunately, almost no one knows about this incident.
Even the people who do know probably didn't pay much attention to this incident. Who would want to watch news like that based on just a small glimpse? Especially at a time when such a beautiful event is happening in the country." I mean the "ELECTIONS"
Jitu Munda, 52, from the Indian state of Odisha, was captured on video carrying the remains of his recently deceased sister through the streets of Keonjhar and placing them outside the local bank,
So why did Jitu Munda do that? Was it for publicity, due to some neurological disorder, or something else entirely?
The incident goes like this: Jitu Munda’s sister had passed away recently. The whole family was already going through this despair, but something else was yet to hit them."
Jitu 's sister has a bank account.
The bank involved in the case of Jitu Munda (sometimes spelt Jeetu Munda), who brought his deceased sister's skeletal remains as "proof" to withdraw her savings in April 2026, was the "Odisha Grameen Bank", specifically its Malliposi (or Maliposi) branch located in the Patna block of the Keonjhar district in Odisha.
Munda, who is from a poor tribal community, said before his sister Kalara died several months ago, she had sold some of her livestock, leaving a much-needed 19,300 rupees in her account. But as he tried multiple times to retrieve the money after her death, officials repeatedly refused, requesting a death certificate that had not yet been issued.
Despite informing the Odisha Gramya Bank (Maliposi branch) of her death, Jitu—who is illiterate—claimed bank officials repeatedly insisted he bring the account holder in person or provide specific documents like a death certificate, which he did not possess.
It is being said that an illiterate person did this. But what is the point of being 'literate' (or so-called literate) if a human being cannot understand another human being?
Even after his sister’s death, they couldn't understand what Jeetu was going through. It’s possible he needed that money for an emergency. Regardless, getting trapped in these endless paper trails made Jeetu incredibly frustrated.
So, he decided he would show them proof once and for all that his sister had indeed passed away. He walked 3–4 kilometres to the cremation ground where he had buried her, dug her up, and took her bones directly to the manager of the 'Odisha Gramin Bank' so they would finally have to believe he was telling the truth.
"But there's a thing that we all should always listen to what the other party says. So this is what The Odisha Gramin Bank says - The bank later stated that Jitu had arrived in a "drunken state" and that the branch manager was trying to explain the legal procedure for withdrawals from a deceased person's account when Jitu became frustrated and left to fetch the remains"
And this is what Jitu says -When the bank manager refused to listen and kept asking for proof, I got frustrated,” he told BBC Hindi. “I brought the skeleton to show that she had died After this incident was covered by many news channels and newspapers, the authority moved forward and took the required steps for this inhuman treatment.
Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, the revenue divisional commissioner (RDC) of Northern Division, along with Keonjhar District Collector Vishal Singh and other officials, visited the Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank on Thursday. Mohapatra reviewed the CCTV footage and questioned the bank officials.
The commissioner assured that strict action would be taken against those found negligent. The administrative probe is examining lapses at both the bank and the local registrar level for the delay in the issuance of the death certificate.
The District Red Cross Society provided Jitu Munda with ₹30,000 in ex gratia financial aid. This assistance was reportedly delivered in phases to ensure he had immediate support.
With the administrative certificates secured, officials ensured that the bank released the full amount of ₹19,402 (including interest) from his sister's account to Jitu and his family members.
Although banks also try to clear what they did, and why, by saying -
In a statement, Indian Overseas Bank disputed Munda’s account and said staff had only been following standard procedures after other heirs had also come forward to claim the woman’s savings. “The bank intended to protect the interest of the poor tribal [woman’s] monies in the account,” they said in the statement, describing it as a “highly distressing situation at the premises”.
And lastly, like I always say, read everything, get to know everything, anything, but carefully make your perception and mindset ......
Reference -
- The Hindu
- OTV (Odisha TV)
- News 18 odia