Bhubaneswar, May 6 -- On April 28, a rural bank in Odisha's Keonjhar district let the 50-year-old Jitu Munda to withdraw his dead sister's money after he carried her exhumed skeleton as a proof of death. Following the incident, between April 29 and May 4, donations poured in.

He said that Physics Wallah founder Alakh Pandey donated Rs.10 lakh. While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on X announced donating Rs.50,000.

Keonjhar district administration also provided Rs.30,000 from the District Red Cross Fund.

Jeetu Munda said he received Rs.50,000 from Khidmat Foundation and a cycle from a local. He also claimed that Rajasthan agriculture minister Kirodi Lal Meena pledged his monthly salary of Rs.1.45 lakh.

After intervention by Odis...