Dead Man Phones Home...

An Indian man's family almost cremated a dead body that resembled him but stopped when they got a telephone call from him.

Deepak Bhattacharya, who had left his house on Tuesday to pay a phone bill, was shocked to hear from his family that they were preparing to cremate a dead body they thought was his, the Press Trust of India reported.

The mix-up in the central Indian city of Raipur occurred after police called the family about an hour after Bhattacharya had left his home and asked them to identify a corpse.