Tension gripped Chari Chaka in Krushnachandrapur block of Puri district on Saturday as locals staged a road blockade over the incidence of an ambulance driver refusing to carry the dead body of a baby on Friday night.
Rudra Nayak (4) of Tubuka village under Krushnachandrapur block died while he was on way to the Chhatrapur hospital by an ambulance after his condition became critical.
The baby’s father requested the ambulance driver to take the body back to the village, but the latter refused to do so and left the spot leaving them midway, sources said.
The child’s father carried the body back to his house covering a distance of 20-25 km, the sources added.