In a major goof-up reported from a hospital in Delhi, the bodies of two men were mixed up. Due to the alleged negligence by the mortuary staff, a family mistakenly cremated the wrong body, believing it to be their relative’s, police said.

According to sources, two bodies were brought to the hospital’s mortuary on Thursday. One was Pankaj Kumar’s who died after falling from a terrace and sustaining fatal injuries. Around the same time, the body of Bharat Bhushan from Nangloi was also brought in for autopsy.

“One was Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Prem Nagar, who died after falling from terrace and sustained fatal injuries. His body was kept at the mortuary for post-mortem examination. Around the same time, the body of Bharat Bhushan from Nangloi was also brought in for autopsy," said the

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