After last rites & bhog, Punjab family discovers missing son is alive

The event has raised critical questions over the identification of an unidentified physique recovered by the police and the circumstances underneath which it was handed over to the household.

Based on sources, the Kapurthala police recovered the physique of an unidentified youth in a decomposed situation close to Kanjli round three weeks in the past. The physique was later recognized by kin as that of Ravi Kumar, son of TT Kumar, a resident of Kadupur village, who had reportedly been lacking.

After recording the statements of members of the family, the police handed over the physique to them. The household cremated the physique on August 13 and held the bhog ceremony on August 15, believing Ravi had died, the sources mentioned.

The case took an surprising flip when the household acquired a phone name from an worker of Kapurthala Central Jail.

Based on the household, the jail worker knowledgeable them that Ravi was lodged within the jail. Unable to imagine the data, members of the family reportedly went to the jail to confirm the declare the place they have been shocked to search out him alive. In addition they met him there.

Based on the household, Ravi advised them that he had been apprehended by the Jalandhar police on August 6 in a vagrancy-related case and was subsequently despatched to jail.

Whereas the household expressed reduction at discovering Ravi alive, the revelation has triggered a contemporary thriller: whose physique was recovered close to Kanjli and cremated as Ravi Kumar? Investigators are actually analyzing how the misidentification occurred and whether or not any procedural lapses have been concerned.

DSP Sheetal Singh mentioned a preliminary inquiry had revealed that Ravi had been lodged in jail a number of occasions up to now. He confirmed that Ravi was apprehended by the Jalandhar police on August 6.

The DSP mentioned a number of elements of the case appeared suspicious and can be completely investigated.