Pair drag dead man to post office to collect his pension

The services of the Garda Technical Bureau and the State Pathologist will be used in the full-scale garda investigation. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Gardaí have described as “very sad” a bizarre incident in Carlow where two people dragged a recently deceased elderly man into a post office in an apparent attempt to collect his pension.

When post office staff contacted the gardaí, the two men left the scene, leaving the body behind.