Cuttack: In a major goof-up, a courier service reportedly swapped the bodies of two persons by mistake while sending those to families in two different states – Odisha and Rajasthan.
The kin of one of the deceased Bilash Bhuyan, who belonged to Kuanasala village under Nemalo police station in Cuttack, conducted the funeral of the body (of the Rajasthan man).
Bilash, who was working in a private motor showroom in Mumbai, passed away all of a sudden following a brief illness a few weeks back. His final rites were carried out on Monday evening after a courier service sent his body.
However, Nemala police informed them that the body they cremated was not of Bilash but that of someone from Rajasthan. The matter came to light after the family in Rajasthan found that the other body received through the courier service was not of their relative and filed a complaint with police in Mumbai.
As the investigation began, it was found that bodies got interchanged by the courier company with different addresses. Following the incident, villagers expressed resentment and anger at the callous approach of the courier service.
The police informed that the family from Rajasthan is on their way to collect the mortal remains of their relative and are also bringing Bilash’s body with them.
