Even as uproar over Dana Majhi of Kalahandi district carrying the body of his wife on a bamboo is yet to die down, another poor tribal of Malkangiri district in Odisha had to walk six kilometres carrying the body of his six-year-old daughter when the 108 ambulance left them in the midway .
The father is Mukund Khemudu of Puspali village of Khairaput block.
Meanwhile, Malkangiri Collector K. Sudarshan Chakrabarthy has ordered criminal proceedings against the ambulance driver. An FIR has been filed at Mathili police station. The Chief District Medical Officer has also been directed to enquire into the issue and submit a report.
Mukund was seen by the residents of Nayakguda village under Mathili block while he was walking back holding the body of his deceased child, Barsha. The child had been admitted in Mathili CHC. As her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Malkangiri district headquarter hospital on Thursday night. The child died while she was being transported by 108 ambulance.
The ambulance staff refused to carry the body from Pandiriguda itself, Mukund Khemudu could have made some other arrangement to return to his village.
