Dana Majhi's wife Amang Dei succumbed to tuberculosis at age 42. Since authorities at the hospital in Bhawanipatna, in Odisha’s Kalahandi district allegedly refused to arrange for an ambulance or mortuary vehicle for her transport, Majhi wrapped up his wife's lifeless body in a bedsheet and decided to walk back to his village Melghara, which is about 60 km away along with his 12-year-old daughter.

Dana Majhi pictured carrying his later wife's body. His daughter is to the right