Sushma Swaraj Gets a Kidney Donor, But he Has Strange Demand

He's a dead man walking. On the paper for the last ten years Santosh Moorat Singh is 'dead'. But now he wants to change that for good by donating a kidney to external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. In return of this noble gesture, Singh wants that he's certified as "a living human being".

His story is rather strange. Singh once worked as a cook for veteran actor Nana Patekar. But because of his inter-caste marriage, Singh's relatives allegedly got him declared as 'dead' and usurped his ancestral property.

SANTOSH MOORAT SINGH'S STORY

After he had moved to Mumbai with Patekar, Singh married a Maharashtrian Dalit woman in 2003. When he returned to his native village in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, his relatives abused him physically and threw him out of the house.

"After being turned away, I went back to Mumbai. Six months later After being turned away, I went back to Mumbai. Six months later I found out that my last rites were performed and a death certificate was issued. It's been a futile struggle ever since to prove to the authorities that I am still alive. All documents that could prove me right were destroyed too," alleged Singh.