Odisha again: Now, woman's body broken at hip to carry it on bamboo pole

In Odisha's Balasore, two men had to break the body of an old woman at her hip to make it a bundle and then carry it for three kilometres.

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In Short

  • In Balasore, two men had to break the body of an old woman at her hip to make it a bundle.
  • The old lady was run over near Soro railway station in Balasore district.
  • Odisha CM Patnaik has called the Kalahandi incident "extremely distressing".

Two days after the image of a man carrying the body of his dead wife for nearly 12 km in Odisha shocked the nation, another horrifying incident of a woman's body broken into pieces to carry has been reported from the state.

In Balasore, two men had to break the body of an old woman - who was run over by a goods train - at her hip to make it a bundle and then carry it for three km.

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The old lady was run over near Soro railway station in Balasore district. The railway police allegedly took 12 hours to take the woman's body to a hospital for post-mortem.

Once the post-mortem was over, police said they waited for several hours for an ambulance to take the body to Balasore.

When the vehicle did not arrive, two men were then tasked to take the body to Balasore. The men reportedly stamped over the body to break it into a bundle that they could carry on a bamboo pole.

They then wrapped the body in a big white cloth, slung it on the pole and carried it for three kilometres

The horrific incident came barely 24 hours after a penniless man was forced to carry the body of his wife for 12 km in Kalahandi, their daughter walking behind her father, only because a hospital had refused them the hearse.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called the Kalahandi incident "extremely distressing" and ensured an inquiry will be conducted.

"We are enquiring into the matter. We are taking steps to have ambulances to bring the dead bodies," Patnaik told news agency ANI.

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