Kolkata: Man lives with mom’s corpse for 18 days

Krishna Bhattacharya (mother of Maitreya) died 18 days ago, the son told cops. “I was waiting for it to rot for three more days and would have buried her at our home after the 21-day cycle was complete,” he said, explaining that he had learned this ritual was auspicious “according to the doctrine” and that he and his mother believed in it.