Painter Dies in Accident, Unidentified for 27 Days; Family's Tragic Discovery in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

• Sakharam Chandane (40), a painter from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, left home on November 29 for work and never returned.
• He was involved in an accident just 3 km from his home on the same day and died on December 2 at Ghati Hospital.
• Due to lack of identification, his body remained unclaimed for 27 days, and a social organization performed his last rites on December 22.
• His family, after a 27-day search, identified him on December 24 from a police photograph, leading to immense grief.
• The family's inability to see him one last time and the proximity of the accident to home added to the tragedy.

Why It Matters: A painter's tragic death and 27-day unidentified status highlights the pain of a family's search.