Believing dead daughter would come back to life, woman flees with body from hospital mortuary in Odisha

In an unusual turn of events, a woman under superstitious beliefs stole the body of her daughter from the mortuary and fled from the hospital. The incident has been reported from Rourkela. The woman broke open the lock of the mortuary and fled with the body of her daughter who died of snakebite.

According to sources, the 5-year-old girl died after being bitten by a snake. Doctors declared her dead upon arrival in the hospital and the body was kept in the morgue. However, believing that her child would come back to life, the woman and her family members did the unimaginable.

They broke open the morgue and fled with the body.

“The girl’s mother is unable to believe that her daughter has died. She believes that her little daughter will come back to life after 21 days. We understand it was mother’s love, but it is against the law. So, we have informed the police about the incident,” informed a medical staff.

The family members still believe that they would bring their daughter to life after performing puja and black magic after 21 days.

Local cops were trying to convince the mother of the dead girl to give back the body, till the last filing of this report.