VISAKHAPATNAM: A youth was seen walking on the road carrying his wife's body on his shoulder back home after the auto driver dropped him half way. Ede Samulu (35) from Odisha's Koraput, was seen walking along the highway with the body of his wife Ede Guru (30) for kilometers. He came to Andhra Pradesh for the treatment of his ailing wife.

Hospital authorities in Sangivalasa, Visakhapatnam asked the youth to take her back home after she stopped responding to the medicines. He hired an auto to return to his village but she died midway. As he did not have money after paying Rs 2000 to the driver, the youth walked carrying the body on his shoulder.

Locals seeing this informed the police. The Andhra Police arrived and collected Rs 10,000 to arrange an ambulance for him.