Man returns home after mistaken burial

CHICHAWATNI: A man has returned home after a drug addict misidentified as him was buried in a village near here.

Local officials said that Mohammad Aslam, resident of Chak 3-14 L, was a drug addict and often went missing from his home. Two days ago, the body of Mohammad Khalid, a resident of Chak 3-12 L, was found near a bus stand in Mian Channu. Aslam’s family took away the body without identification. They buried him after performing his last rituals.

However, the next day Aslam arrived at his home and his family was surprised to see him alive.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 10^th, 2020.