Man declared 'dead' due to COVID-19 returns home after 2 years
Dhar (PTI): A man whose last rites were performed by his family members after he was declared "dead" due to COVID-19 at a hospital has returned home after two years in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district.
The family members of Kamlesh Patidar, 35, were taken by surprise on Saturday when he knocked the door of his maternal aunt's house in Karodkala village at around 6 am, almost two years after they performed his last rites, a family member said.
Kamlesh Patidar had fallen ill during the second COVID-19 wave. He was admitted to a hospital and later doctors declared him dead.
After the hospital handed over the "body" to them, the family members performed his last rites, his cousin Mukesh Patidar told reporters on Saturday.
"Now, he has returned home but he has not revealed anything about where he stayed during this period," the cousin said.
Kanwan police station in-charge Ram Singh Rathore said according to the family members, Kamlesh Patidar suffered from the coronavirus infection in 2021 and was admitted to a hospital in Vadodara (Gujarat).
The doctors declared him dead due to COVID-19 infection, following which the family members performed last rites of the body given by the hospital in Vadodara and then returned to their village, he said.
The family members came to know that he was alive when he returned home on Saturday, Rathore said.
The matter will be clear after recording statement of Kamlesh Patidar, the official said.
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Second phase Kerala local body polls see turnout of over 60 pc till 3 pm
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): The second phase of polling in the crucial local body elections in seven districts of Kerala on Thursday witnessed a turnout of over 60 per cent after eight hours of polling.
Voters began casting ballots from 7 am at the 18,274 polling stations in the districts of Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod.
People of all ages and professions, including political leaders, queued up at polling stations since early morning.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan turned up to vote along with his family in Kannur.
Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, he expressed confidence about a historic win for the LDF and said that the Sabarimala gold loss issue would not affect the prospects of the Left front.
He claimed that the government took stringent action in the matter and if it were any other party in power, such steps would not have been taken.
Regarding the reported claims by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief Sunny Joseph of a conspiracy behind the second complaint of sexual assault against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, the CM hinted at the presence of a "criminal gang of sexual perverts" in the grand old party.
Vijayan said that such persons intimidated their victims to prevent them from coming forward.
Leaders of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a key ally of the Congress, like Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, P K Kunhalikutty and M K Muneer were confident of a huge victory for the UDF in the local body polls.
The Congress also expressed confidence of a historic win and its leaders, Joseph, Ramesh Chennithala and K Sudhakaran, said that the Sabarimala gold issue would affect the LDF prospects in the polls as they were protecting those involved in the scam.
The local body polls are viewed by many as a key indicator ahead of next year's state assembly elections.
In the second phase, over 1.53 crore voters will elect representatives to 12,931 wards across 604 local bodies, including grama panchayats, block panchayats, district panchayats, municipalities and corporations.
A total of 38,994 candidates are in the fray.
The first phase of polling in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam districts of the state concluded on December 9 with a turnout of around 70 per cent.
The results of both phases of polling will be announced on December 13.
