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In a deeply disturbing incident in Odisha's Keonjhar district, a man's body was denied dignity even in death, as villagers refused to conduct his last rites following a hospital post-mortem. Eventually, an NGO intervened to ensure a humane cremation on Tuesday.
According to sources, a shocking incident from Parjanpur village under Sadar police limits in Keonjhar has brought to light how superstition and social stigma can rob even the deceased of dignity. After Bideshi Patra, a local resident, succumbed to snakebite, his body was not accepted by either his family members or his neighbours for funeral rites because it had undergone...