India, Sept. 6 -- A 47-year-old man - believed to have been the victim of a shocking murder where he was beheaded - walked back into his Gurugram house the very next day after his family had cremated a body believed to have been him, leaving his wife, three sons, neighbours and police shocked.

The man was Poojan Prasad, 47, a petty labour contractor who lived with his wife and three sons in Mohammadpur Jharsa, Sector-36, police said. For two days, his family had been convinced he was dead - his body recovered, apparently identified, and then cremated.

His sudden reappearance has not only bewildered his loved ones but also left investigators grappling with an unsettling question: if Poojan is alive, then who was the man they cremated?

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