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Son Found Alive After Family Claims Wrong Corpse
15 Jul
Summary
- Family mistakenly identified a body as their missing son Vishal Kumar.
- Vishal Kumar, 24, was reported missing after failing to return from work.
- The family discovered Vishal was alive shortly after taking the wrong body home.
A family in Jammu was plunged into distress when their son, Vishal Kumar, 24, went missing after failing to return from his factory security guard duties. Their sorrow turned to disbelief and then overwhelming relief when he returned home unharmed, mere hours after they had taken possession of a body from the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital, believing it to be their son.
The confusion arose when the hospital contacted the family about an unidentified body. Relatives identified it as Vishal based on a scar and eye damage, proceeding with plans for cremation. However, on their way to Satwari with the body, a friend informed them that Vishal was alive and en route home. This startling revelation led to the family returning the mistaken body to the hospital and apologizing for the mix-up, highlighting significant issues with the hospital's identification process for unclaimed bodies.
