Dead man' comes to lifeINUPAMULA (NALGONDA DT):



An octogenarian, who was to be cremated in acouple of hours, `comes back to life and claims that he had been sentback to earth from Yamapuri following the orders of Yamadharmaraja, theking of the hell.'"He (Yama) was sporting a large moustache with curly ends but had a baldhead. He rebuked the two soldiers, who mistakenly took me to hell. Theydropped me at my home by a magic scooter,'' Malla Reddy, the old man,told The Hindu on Thursday.According to Kamalamma, Mr. Reddy's wife, she found him in comatose inthe early hours of July 8. A couple of villagers checked his pulse andbreathing and declared him dead.The body was placed on paddy straws and a light was lit at his head aspart of the funeral procedure. Mr. Reddy's two sons were informed of the`demise'of their father and the message was sent to their near and dear. As itwas raining, the cremation got delayed.After 20 hours of his `death,' Mr. Reddy woke up shocking and surprisingthe grieving relatives. Then he narrated how he was taken to hell by twosoldiers clad in knickers and his interaction with Yama. "The hall inwhich he (Yama) sat was full of shelves and long ledgers. He took one ofthe books and pulled up the soldiers for bringing the wrong person. Heordered them to drop me at my home," says Mr. Reddy.Villagers not surprisedVillagers express no doubts over Mr. Reddy's version as he is known forhis honesty. However, Muvva Rama Rao of Jana Vignana Vedika contendsthat elderly persons come back to life after being comatose for eight to10 hours.