Sunday, July 29, 2007

'Dead' man comes alive in UP village, shocks villagers

Kallu Yadav, a man in his late nineties, was perceived dead by his relatives in Bhaisa village of Varanasi district. But, as they were taking his "body" for cremation, he startled them by asking where are they going.

Villagers took Yadav to be dead as his heart and pulse stopped ticking on Tuesday night. Hours after the "death", as he was put on a bier and was being taken to the nearby river bank, the man regained consciousness.

When told by his relatives that he had "died" and was being taken for cremation, Yadav quipped, "kya mujhe zinda jala doge? (Do you want to burn me alive)".

His shaken but elated relatives brought him back home as the news spread like a wildfire in the surrounding villages.

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