New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- In a horrifying turn of events, a man who was believed to be dead, and whose body was cremated by his family in Gurugram, surprisingly returned alive two days later, leaving both his relatives and authorities bewildered. The 47-year-old man, identified as Poojan Prasad, lived with his wife and three sons in Mohammadpur Jharsa, Sector-36 of Gurugram.

Poojan, a labour contractor, went missing for several days in late August, prompting his family to file a police complaint on September 1.

Meanwhile, police informed Poojan's son, Sandeep Kumar, about a body they had recovered on August 28 from a neighbouring area - just 1.5 km from Poojan's home.

At the government mortuary, Sandeep observed what he described as "simil...