A video of the dramatic incident shows the mourners gathered around the corpse as a woman cried and touched him to pay her last respect.
Then, in the same video, the mourners appeared to have noticed the body moving before they realized that the man was still alive.
They called an ambulance to transport the body to the medical centre where doctors confirmed he was still alive.
According to reports, the doctors could not offer any explanation as to why the man was wrongly registered as deceased and almost buried alive.
It is reported that the man had died hours earlier and was being prepared for burial in accordance with Islamic rite.
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