Bhubaneswar: Dana Majhi, the tribal man who carried his wife’s body for over 10 kilometres on his shoulders last month due to lack of an ambulance in Odisha, has received a cheque of of Rs 8.87 lakh from Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, who was moved by his plight.
Majhi was forced to walk for miles along with his 12-year-old daughter as he had failed to get a vehicle to transport it from a government hospital in the backward district of Kalahandi where she died. The incident had triggered widespread outrage and shock across the nation and even made it to international papers.
According to reports, the King of Bahrain sent the money for Majhi through a cheque which was received by the Bahrain Embassy in New Delhi. The King’s kind gesture came just days after the Prime Minister of Bahrain had offered financial help to Majhi’s family.
