Indian father forced to carry daughter's dead body on shoulder

In another shocking incident in India an aggrieved father in Odisha’s Angul village was forced to carry the dead body of his daughter for 15 km after he failed to get hearse service.

The man, identified as Gati Dhibar, of Pechamundi village, was forced into the ordeal after his five-year-old daughter Sumi Dhibar died at Palalahada Community Health Centre (CHC) in Angul due to high fever, reports Hindustan Times.

The incident brings back memories of Dana Majhi, who walked for around 10 kilometres carrying his dead wife on his shoulders, triggering nationwide outrage last year.

In August, the impoverished Majhi was forced to walk after his pleas for an ambulance or a hearse failed to melt the heart of officials at the district hospital in Bhawanipatna.

One of his sobbing daughters accompanied him till startled bystanders alerted a local TV journalist.