In a unique move, a tribal youth, seeking justice for an alleged fake case against him, carried his aged, frail parents on his shoulders and walked for about forty kilometers.

Hailing from a village Moroda in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Kartik Singh has claimed that the Moroda Police lodged a fake FIR against him and locked him up in jail for 18 days in 2009.

As a result of this, he was and is still an 'outcaste' in his village.

According to Singh, he has no source of income or money in hand as none of the villagers give him work. Moreover, he cannot move out of the village to find work as he has old parents to look after.

In a retelling of the legend of Shravan Kumar, Singh carried his parents in two baskets to seek justice.

He said he was educated, but can't get a job or get married as the case that was registered 6-7 years ago is still in the court.

According to advocate Prabhudan Marandi said, "It is not the first time something like this is happening. Several false cases are being filed."

Advocate and social activist Kumar Patra added, "Kartik is drowned in debt, he can barely feed his parents or himself."

Kartik had even asked the district collector for a job, as the society has abandoned him, but received no response.

"The state and the Central government have several schemes for the upliftment of the socially and financially backward classes, but everything is out of his reach and the Government representatives or political parties have not noticed anything," Patra said.

According to Kartik, all he wants is to prove himself as 'not guilty' in the eyes of his old parents before they pass away.