India, Feb. 24 -- KANPUR Auto driver Gaurav Sahu, 32, played Good Samaritan by helping a patient get admission to the Dr Murarilal Chest Hospital in Kanpur last September, after a routine drop-off at the facility on GT Road. But after this act of humanity, he went through a nightmare - on official records, Gaurav Sahu, a native of Ambedkar Nagar, was 'found dead'.

He learnt this on January 7 when he went to a local fair-price shop to collect monthly rations for his family of six. "I was told I wouldn't get any rations because I am no longer alive. I went numb and argued with the PDS shop owner - told him I am standing right in front of you. He said, 'On paper, you are dead'," lamented Sahu.

From there, Sahu rushed to a post office, wher...