Odisha officials harassing man
who
carried wife’s corpse
Bhubaneswar: A complaint has been filed
against the District Collector and Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Kalahandi for allegedly harassing
the tribal man who walked for 10 km with his wife’s body on his shoulders after
he was denied a hearse, Odisha TV reported.
Human rights activist Subhash
Mohapatra on Sunday, 28th August 2016 filed a complaint
with Bhavanipata police station
against Kalahandi district
collector, CDMO and other
public authorities alleging that they abused Dana Maihi and his minor daughter.
Mohapatra alleged that the officers forcibly brought Manjhi to
Bhavabuoatba on Friday, 26th
August 2016 to record his statement, preventing him from performing the last
rites of his wife.
He said the district collector threatened the tribal and asked
him whether he had killed his wife.
“It is unfortunate that
instead of helping the tribal man, CDMO of Kalahandi shielded his
colleagues and tried to whitewash the evidence by abusing and putting blame on
the man that he did not contact anybody for a vehicle to take the body from the
hospital to his village,” said the complainant.
A tribal
man in Kalahandi carried his wife’s body on his shoulders for nearly 12 km as
he had no money for a hearse van and the district hospital authorities
allegedly refused to arrange one.
His
teenaged daughter sobbing by his side, Dana Majhi wrapped his wife Amangadei’s
body in old sheets from the bed at the hospital in Bhawanipatna town on
Wednesday, 24th August 2016 morning, adjusted her on his shoulders
and started walking to his home in Melghar village in Kalahandi’s Thuamul
Rampur block, about 60 km away. Local Journlist who saw him later helped him to
reach his village.
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