At the age of 36, when he had trouble breathing because of the bulge, Sanju went to a hospital, where the doctors suspected a tumour and operated on him. What came out during the surgery stunned everyone.

Singapore jails Indonesian man for encashing Marina Bay Sands casino tickets worth SGD17,900

The man, named Silitonga Andri Parulian, 27, had not robbed anyone, but he also did not return the tickets lying on the casino floor. The tickets had fallen out of a folder carried by a casino staff member.

Offbeat India: Woman cries ‘bomb’ at Mumbai airport to wriggle out of paying excess baggage fee

Her bags exceeded the airline’s checked-in baggage weight limit by more than 7kg — the limit was 15kg, and her two bags had a combined weight of just over 22kg.

Sorry, God: Penitent temple thief in India returns Lord Krishna’s jewellery after nine years

Temple thief: A person who had stolen the jewellery from a temple in Odisha, eastern India, in May 2014, has returned them along with two “sorry” notes and a self-imposed token penalty.

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