The 74-year-old man was saved from the freezer, the family was waiting to die.

The 74-year-old man was saved from the freezer, the family was waiting to die.

The painful and shocking incident that has sparked outrage, A 74-year-old seriously ill man was rescued from a freezer on Tuesday in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district. After he was discharged from the hospital his family was waiting for him to die, and they laid him overnight in a box used to store bodies.

When an executive came to his house to take back the freezer box, he saw that the elderly man was suffering. Seeing him alive, The executive raised an alarm and tried to arrange help, officials said.

The 74-year-old man was saved from the freezer, the family was waiting to die.

Officials probing the incident said the 74-year-old man was recently discharged from a hospital in a critical condition. However, his brother had asked for a freezer box as he allegedly waited for him to die.

Officials are investigating why the relatives of the 74-year-old elderly were discharged in that serious condition and why they had ordered the freezer box. A police officer told: “A case of negligent conduct and endangering life has been registered. We are investigating”.

The old man retired from a private company as a storekeeper, according to the police. He lives with his widowed brother and a niece who is differently-abled.