A grieving widow kept the "mummified" corpse of her husband hidden inside her home for 18 months — and used a cleaning disinfectant to keep the flesh from rotting.

Thereafter, the family members took Vimlesh's body to their home. Believing that he would come alive someday, his wife and family members poured 'Gangajal' on the body daily.

The man, known only as Vimlesh, from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India, was taken to Moti hospital on 19 April last year. But tragically he passed away two days later from a heart attack.

Vimlesh Sonkar, an Income Tax Officer in Ahmedabad died on 22 April 2021 due to Covid-19 infection. Before performing the final rites, the family felt the movement in the body on putting an ...