In a shocking incident, two dead bodies were exchanged and the incident came to light only after one of the families who came to claim the body got ashes instead.

On Friday evening, the bodies of Mandakini Diware, 62, and Vimal Parekh, 72, were brought to the morgue at the government-run Sassoon General hospital. There was no requirement of a medico-legal case so the doctors did not perform post-mortem and handed over the bodies to the families. Both the families had paid the fees and completed the formalities. They decided to take the bodies for the final rituals on Saturday.