India, May 15 -- Jitu Munda, 65, carried his sister's skeletal remains to a bank in Odisha's Keonjhar district after repeated attempts to access her savings failed.

A fact-finding report by the Right to Food Campaign and Rethink Aadhaar says the incident followed weeks of institutional neglect, delayed death certification and denial of welfare benefits.

Mr Munda said he had no ration card or old-age pension, and was surviving by begging after the death of his sister, Kalra Munda.

Activists say the case exposes serious gaps in social security, healthcare, banking access and welfare delivery for elderly, tribal and destitute people.

After the incident drew public attention, Mr Munda received a ration card, old-age pension and access to ...