Man declared ‘dead’, found alive during post-death rituals in Uttarakhand

A 42-year-old man, declared “dead” by his family, was later found to be alive when his post-death rituals were being carried out.

The man named Navin Bhatt, allegedly an alcoholic, was missing for the past nine years.

Upset over Navin’s drinking habit, his wife Rekha had also left him and shifted to Uttar Pradesh



capital Lucknow with their two kids.

His father Dharmanand Bhatt received a call from the police on November 23 stating that they had found an unclaimed body in Haldwani and recovered a slip from his pocket which says his name is Navin Bhatt, said Ramesh Mahar, former gram pradhan of Sripur Bichwa village from where the man hails.