Belagavi, Jan. 15 -- The Belagavi deputy commissioner on Wednesday suspended a village accountant, a day after the Lokayukta registered a case against four government officials for allegedly creating and certifying a false death record of a farmer who is still alive.

Belagavi deputy commissioner Mohammed Roshan on Wednesday suspended village accountant Neela Muragod who allegedly registered a farmer, Irappa Nagappa Abbai, as dead in the government records that led other senior officers to issue a letter to grant a death certificate.

The 53-year-old farmer from Sutagatti village in Savadatti taluk, was officially declared dead in 2021 in government records, even as he remained alive. Based on these entries, a death certificate was also i...