In Odisha, a man returned alive a month after his body was cremated.
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- In the Indian state of Odisha, 29-year-old Sanatan Naik with a mental disorder disappeared on July 27, ten days later police found a decomposed body, which the family identified by clothing and cremated.
- A month later, it turned out that Naik was alive and was in another city, he was returned home, and now the authorities are faced with the question of the identity of the cremated stranger.
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Why It Matters
Sanatan Naik, a 29-year-old resident of Odisha with mental illness, disappeared on July 27 after riding off on a bicycle. Ten days later, police discovered a body in the water in a rice field, which the family identified by clothing and cremated with religious rites.
In the Indian state of Odisha, a man returned to his family alive a month after his relatives cremated his body. India Today reports this.
Sanatan Naik, 29, who suffers from mental illness, left home on a bicycle on July 27 and went missing. Ten days later, police found a badly decomposed body in the water in a rice field. The family identified Naik by his clothes, carried out cremation and performed purification rites. His widow began to observe mourning rituals.
A month later, the police informed the relatives that Naik was alive. As it turned out, he was in another city all this time. The family immediately brought him home. The man's mother admitted that they did not understand how he could have ended up in that field, but they identified the body precisely by his clothes. Now authorities and the family are faced with the question of what kind of stranger they cremated.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Odisha authorities will conduct an investigation into the case of mistaken identity and cremation of the body
Very likely · Within weeks
Sanatan Naik's family may sue police or hospital for negligence in identification
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- Who was the real deceased whose body was identified as Sanatan Naik?
- How did the body end up in the rice field and why wasn't a more thorough identification made?
- Why didn't the police identify the body earlier, despite the decomposition?
- Where was Sanatan Naik all this time and how did he survive?
