Family Buries Wrong Body, Missing Man Returns Alive In Jharkhand

Ranchi: In a shocking turn of events in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, a man presumed dead by his family returned home days after they had already performed his last rites.According to officials, the confusion began after the man, identified as Vishram Munda, went missing on May 10 when he left for a wedding and did not return. After an unidentified body was recovered from a drain, his relatives were called in and they mistakenly identified it as Munda due to similarities in appearance. As per the PTI report, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Khunti Varun Rajak said the family, along with villagers, confirmed the body as Munda’s after matching its physical features and later completed the burial rituals following legal procedures.The police

officer told PTI, ''His family searched extensively but could not trace him. A day later, police recovered an unidentified body from a drain. On getting the information, the relatives reached Khunti Sadar Hospital and identified the body as that of Munda's.'' However, days after the funeral, Munda unexpectedly resurfaced at his daughter’s rented accommodation in Khunti, leaving his family stunned. He reportedly told them he had travelled to Ramgarh without informing anyone.Authorities have now initiated the exhumation of the buried body for DNA testing to confirm the identity of the deceased, the PTI report added.