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Minor Boy Carries Mother’s Body on Bicycle For 4-5 Kms Over Caste Discrimination In Odisha

Jharsuguda: In a heart wrenching incident barely few months earlier when Dana Majhi incident made National and International Headlines, a minor boy had to mother’s body on a bicycle for four-five kilometers after neighbours refuse to help for the funeral over the caste differences.

The shocking incident is of Karpabahal village of Odisha’s Jharsuguda district.

Janki Sinhania (45) died after falling on the ground while she had gone to fetch water. Later, her 17-year-old son Saroj sought help from the neighbours to carry Sihani’s body to the cremation ground for the last rites. However, all of them denied to give a helping hand as the deceased belonged to a lower caste.

Finding no means, Saroj carried his mother’s body on a bicycle and said to have buried it in a forest

Notably Janki had married a man in Sundergarh district ten years ago. However, she was staying in her paternal village along with her son and daughter after her husband’s death.