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Saturday November 23, 2024

Indian man awakes on funeral pyre

By AFP
November 24, 2024
This undated photo shows people cremate the bodies at a crematorium in Delhi. — Reuters
This undated photo shows people cremate the bodies at a crematorium in Delhi. — Reuters 

JAIPUR, India: An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said Saturday.

Rohitash Kumar, 25, who had speaking and hearing difficulties, had fallen sick and was taken to a hospital in Jhunjhunu in the western state of Rajasthan on Thursday. Indian media reported he had had an epileptic seizure, and a doctor declared him dead on arrival at the hospital.