Odisha Man Carries Wife's Body On Shoulder For Kilometres, Andhra Police Comes For Help

The police, after ascertaining the situation, arranged for an ambulance that took Samulu Pangi and his wife's body to his village.

According to a doctor at the hospital, Pangi’s wife Ide Guru was not responding to treatments.

A 35-year-old man from Odisha's Koraput walked several kilometres with his wife's body on his shoulder after she passed away on her way back from a hospital in Andhra Pradesh. Samulu Pangi had admitted his ailing wife, Ide Guru, to a hospital in Sangivalasa of Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district recently. According to a doctor at the hospital, she was not responding to treatments at all, reported PTI. Pangi was advised to take his wife back home, which is about 100 kilometres away from the hospital.

As advised, Panini started his journey back home with his 30-year-old wife in an auto. However, she died midway near Vizianagaram. The auto driver then refused to continue the journey and dropped them on Chelluru Ring Road before leaving the spot.

Left with no other option, Samulu Pangi began walking with the body of Guru on his shoulders, towards his home, which was till 80 Kilometres away.

Pangi was spotted by locals, who informed the Rural Circle Inspector TV Tirupati Rao and Gantyada sub-inspector Kiran Kumar. The policemen then stopped him and tried to help. However, the officials faced difficulty in understanding what Pangi was saying because of the language barrier. After some time, a person understood Pangi’s language, and he was offered help.

After ascertaining the situation further, the policemen arranged for an ambulance that carried Pangi and his wife’s body to the native village, reported PTI.

Pangi expressed his thanks to the police officials for their help and the locals appreciated the humanitarian gesture shown by the officials.

A similar incident hit international headlines in 2016. This incident occurred at Bhawanipatna in Odisha when a man, Dana Majhi, walked for around 12 kilometres carrying the body of his wife on his shoulder after being denied a hearse by a hospital.

(With PTI inputs)