Deadman returns home to stop his funeral

HYDERABAD: A porter who was presumed dead at the Vikarabad railway station rushed home to show that he was alive and to stop the funeral of another porter who was hit by a train.

Yellappa, a resident of Navadgi village in Vikarabad district, had gone to Tandur two days ago and joined as a porter to carry sacks of cement. An unidentified person working there and Yellappa had consumed liquor together in Tandur.

In an inebriated condition, the other person was run over by a train at Vikarabad railway station while trying to flee after snatching his mobile phone and cash from Yellappa.

However, based on the call data from the cell phone found there, the family was informed by the railway police that Yellappa died in a railway accident. The body was decomposed and unrecognisable. The family members took the body to their native place.

However, some porters from Basheerabad and Nawandi, who were working there, noticed Yellappa on Sunday morning and talked to him.

He called the family members and asked them to stop the funeral. He later returned home.