Ram Sevak Thakur, father of Sanjeev Kumar

Key Highlights According to reports, a 49-year-old man, presumed dead, returned home to his family on the 13th day of his own funeral service The man, identified as Sanjeev Kumar, is mentally-challenged and he had gone missing a few days ago

Muzaffarpur: Bollywood family dramas of the 1980s and 1990s often used the idea of a person returning from the dead to add an unexpected spin to the storyline.

While such films served as a great source of entertainment for the masses during the time, they also became the subject of ridicule when cinema evolved. The reason being such things don’t really happen in real life.

However, such dramatic scenes, which were mainly the preserve of family flicks, was actually witnessed by a family in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. According to reports, a 49-year-old man, presumed to be dead, returned home to his family on the 13th day of his own funeral service.

The man, identified as Sanjeev Kumar, is mentally-challenged and he had gone missing a few days ago, reported ANI.

Kumar went missing on August 25 after which his family filed a complaint. A few days later, the body of an unidentified man was found near the Gandak river in Muzaffarpur. After the corpse was sent to Shrikrishna Medical College & Hospital, Muzaffarpur (SKMCH) for an autopsy, Sanjeev’s father claimed it as his son and brought it home. The family cremated the body and started observing the 13-day mourning service.

However, the family members were baffled when Sanjeev returned home on the 13th day (Terahvin) of the service.

"On August 25, he went missing then we filed the report in the police. Later, we got to know about the body. We claimed the body as our son. We brought the body with us and cremated it. We are very happy now that our son is back," Ram Sevak Thakur, father of Sanjeev Kumar told ANI.

Last year, a family from Aadikkolli in Wayanad got the shock of their lives when a 48-year-old member, presumed to be dead, returned home 15 days after his funeral.