Jamshedpur, Dec. 21 -- An incident in which a father was forced to carry his four-month-old dead son in a plastic bag for 70 km from Chaibasa Sadar Hospital (CSH) to his home in Bara Baljori village under Noamundi Block of West Singhbhum district, due to the alleged absence of a 108 ambulance or hearse vehicle, has triggered widespread outrage and a political slugfest in Jharkhand.

"My son died on Friday afternoon, but I only had Rs.100 in my pocket for the bus fare. There was no ambulance, so I carried the body in a plastic bag and came home by bus, walking through the jungle and hillocks till late at night," Dimba Chatomba told the media on Saturday.

However, Dr Bharti Goreti Minz, the West Singhbhum civil surgeon, presented a differe...