Indore, June 27 -- Madhya Pradesh police registered a fraud case against 13 people after an elderly woman alleged that her relatives falsely declared her dead using forged documents and transferred her land into their names in Indore district, an official said.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl CP) Mayank Awasthi, referring to the complainant identified as Draupadi Bai, said she has alleged that her relatives conspired to prepare forged documents, falsely declared her dead and acquired her share of land measuring approximately 5.647 hectares.

"An elderly woman, Draupadi Bai, lodged a complaint alleging that her relatives prepared forged documents, declared her dead and got her share of the land transferred in their names. During t...