A woman under superstitious beliefs stole the body of her daughter from the mortuary and fled from a hospital in Rourkela. The woman broke open the lock of the mortuary and left with the body of her daughter, who had died of snakebite. According to sources, the five-year-old girl died after being bitten by a snake. Doctors declared her dead upon arrival in the hospital and the body was kept in the morgue. However, believing that her child would come back to life, the woman and her family members broke open the morgue and fled with the body. The girls mother is unable to believe that her daughter has died. She believes that her little daughter will come back to life after 21 days. We understand it was mothers love, but it is against the law. So, we have informed the police about the incident, said a hospital official. The cops were trying to convince the mother of the dead girl to give back the body.

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