Agartala, June 09: A 22-year-old man, who was declared dead, returned home, only to find that his ‘shradh’ ceremony is underway.
This bizarre incident has been reported from the Kalibazar area in the West Tripura district. Notably, Akash Sarkar went missing about a month ago.
Subsequently, a missing complaint was lodged at the police station by his father.
Later, on June 3, police recovered a body from a lake near Melarmath under West Agartala police station.
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After the initial inquiry, it was found that the man whose body was recovered from the lake hailed from Kalibazar.
“Akash’s father identified the body as that of his son based on the bag, medicines, and clothes recovered along with the body,” Tripura police said.
The police in Tripura have said that they will investigate the matter as it was a case of mistaken identity.
Meanwhile, Akash’s father alleged that he was pressurized by the police to identify the body as that of his son.
