Shahjahanpur (UP), Aug. 31
A week after a man cremated his “father’s” body, it was announced he was alive and taken to hospital, police said on Wednesday, adding the family cremated an unidentified person.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjay Kumar said: “The body of a 60-year-old unidentified male was found on the compound of Azizganj Police Station on August 22. The body was sent for an autopsy, which revealed that he died of natural causes. The next day, an Indra Kumar from Lakhimpur Kheri arrived at the police station and identified the deceased as his father Rana Lal.” The body was handed over to Indra, who took it to his village and cremated the body with his family according to Hindu rituals. The family committed 13 days of mourning, police said.
On Tuesday, Indra received a call from a hospital that his father had broken his leg in an accident and was being taken there. The family visited the hospital and found this to be true, police said.
“Indra Kumar reached the police station and informed officers of the development. He also wrote to us that he mistook the body for that of his elderly father. The matter is under investigation,” said the ASP.
