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“Living people declared dead”
Reveals RTI query in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: One man’s Right to Information (RTI) application has led to
the Uttar Pradesh land consolidation department admitting on Thursday
that living people were declared dead in its records due to
irregularities.
The matter came to light when Lal Bihari, a man who had been declared
dead, sought the records through the RTI Act.
“I was declared dead in the records and all my land was grabbed by the
influential people of my village using forged documents,” Mr. Bihari,
a native of Hardoi district, said here.
“After making numerous efforts to prove myself alive, I decided to
file an RTI application to expose the scam.”
However, Mr. Bihari was provided details of only 20 such ‘dead’ people.
“I had asked for the details of all such living ‘dead’ people in the
state, but the department only provided me the details of 20 people in
10 districts,” Mr. Bihari said.
“There are thousands of such cases across the state and the department
has just completed its formality by providing me the details of only
10 districts,” Mr. Bihari claimed.
Deputy director of the Chakbandi Department Ashok Chandra said, “We
have provided Mr. Bihari with the details of Unnao, Hardoi, Lucknow,
Azamgarh, Muzaffarnagar, Siddharthanagar, Kannauj, Barabanki, Faizabad
and Rampur districts.
“There may be more such cases and we are looking into the matter.”- IANS
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