Jharkhand family buries wrong body after mistaken identity; missing man returns alive
A family in Jharkhand mistakenly buried the wrong body after identifying it as their missing relative, Vishram Munda. Munda returned home alive days after the burial, having traveled to Ramgarh without informing anyone. Authorities are now exhuming the body for a DNA test to confirm its identity.
- ▪Vishram Munda went missing on May 10 after leaving home for a wedding.
- ▪His family mistakenly identified a recovered body as his and conducted last rites.
- ▪Munda returned home alive days later, surprising his family and relatives.
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Days after Vishram Munda went missing, his family conducted the last rites only to see him return home in Jharkhand's Khunti district after a sojourn around 70 km away in Ramgarh.Officials on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the burial conducted by the family was the result of them mistakenly identifying a body that police had recovered as that of Munda's.Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Khunti Varun Rajak told Press Trust of India (PTI) on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) that 45-year-old Munda, a native of Patratoli village, had gone missing on May 10 after he left home to attend a wedding."His family searched extensively but could not trace him. A day later, police recovered an unidentified body from a drain.
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