Rajasthan: In an incident which is more like a movie script, a soldier from the Indian Army came ‘alive’ after being ‘dead’ for seven years.

Dharamveer Singh, the soldier went missing after an accident in 2009. Indian Army informed his family and kept paying compensation this many years.

Singh’s family didn’t lose hope and kept waiting for him.

Last Monday, Singh’s father Retired Subedar Kailash Yadav opened the door hearing a knock and found Dharamveer there.

The overjoyed family had a long tale to listen.

Dharamveer along with colleagues from the 66 Armoured Regiment in Dehradun met an accident in the army vehicle they were travelling. Not finding his body, the army unit declared him dead after three years.

He, who is not very sure about what happened to him, recalls that he had lost his memory and was begging on the streets of Dehradun, Roorkee and Haridwar.

Dharamveer met another accident. He was hit by a bike last week and got admitted to a hospital. And this time he regained his lost memory!

The biker, who hit him, gave him Rs 500.

“I took the money and bought a ticket for Delhi. After that I reached my village in Bhiteda, near Alwar. I am in shock. It felt so good to see all of them. I could hardly recognise my daughters. They have become so big,” Singh said.

“Somewhere deep down in my heart, I knew I would see him again,” said his wife Manoj Devi who kept a fast all these years for Singh’s safety.