An Indian woman narrowly escaped being burned alive after doctors wrongly declared her dead and relatives prepared her funeral pyre.
Grieving family members were about to place 72-year-old Magan Kanwar on the flames yesterday when she suddenly “woke up”.
Female mourners who were bathing the “corpse” in preparation for the traditional send-off noticed she was breathing and the funeral in Jaipur, northwest India, was immediately halted.
Agencies