India, Oct. 5 -- In a shocking case of alleged negligence at a hospital in Delhi, a family cremated the wrong body, mistaking it for their relative. The mix-up took place when two bodies reached the hospital's mortuary at the same time, leading to a family member identifying the wrong body. While a formal complaint has not been received yet, the matter is under investigation.

The incident took place in Delhi's Nangloi area, where a family mistakenly cremated the wrong body on Friday. The bodies of Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Prem Nagar and Bharat Bhushan from Nangloi were brought at the same time, as per PTI sources.

The body of Pankaj Kumar, who died after falling from a terrace and sustaining fatal injuries, was kept at the mortuary f...