Four men preserve mother’s body for pension in India

    Four men in India are accused of preserving their mother’s body to claim her pension.

    The brothers allegedly kept the 70-year-old in conserving chemicals for five months in the Kabir Nagar area of Varanasi.

    The family have claimed their innocence, saying their mother had fallen into a coma and was kept at home.

    Authorities said the exact cause of the death would be clear after the post-mortem.

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