Wrong labelling of sticker on coffin leads to exchange of bodies in Odisha 

A family in Odisha’s Balasore district alleged that they received the body of another person instead of their relative who died in Bengaluru due to incorrect labelling of the sticker on the coffin.

Rakesh Shaw (21), working as a supervisor in a private company in Bengaluru, died of electrocution on August 15. His body, along with another person’s body from Siliguri in West Bengal, was carried in the same ambulance for delivery to their respective families.

The ambulance handed over the coffin Rakesh’s body was in to his family at Mulising village and left for Siliguri on Sunday, they said on Monday.

However, when the coffin was opened, it was found that the body was not that of Rakesh.

Immediately, they contacted the company that arranged to dispatch the coffins, and the ambulance carrying the coffin to Siliguri had to return to Mulising and exchange the dead body.

The error occurred due to the wrong labelling of the sticker on the coffin at the dispatch point, the family members alleged.