A 74-year-old man who wanted to check who would grieve his passing faked his death and staged a mock funeral to see who would attend.
The people of Konchi, a village in India’s Bihar state, were shocked to learn about the sudden passing of Mohan Lal, a local 74-year-old former Air Force veteran. It was confusing to see a procession when most people didn’t even know he had died, but that didn’t stop people from joining the procession, mourning the poor man, and taking part in all the traditional rites. But what really stunned people was the moment when Mohan got up from his casket. They soon learned that the funeral was nothing but a twisted test thought up by the 74-year-old man to see how many people cared about him.
“After death, people carry the bier, but I wanted to witness it myself and know how much respect and affection people give me,” Mohan said asked when he was asked why he went through the trouble of staging the mock funeral.
Mohan asked some of his relatives to help him spread the word about his passing and had other people take him to the crematorium on a decorated bier to make the stunt believable. Hundreds of residents rushed to join the mourning ceremony, whhich pleased Mohal and reassured him of the community’s respect. To make locals forgive him for the mock funeral, Mohan Lal organized a big feast for everyone.
