India, June 7 -- An attempt by a 56-year-old man in Faridabad to get financial assistance for his daughter's wedding under the Haryana government's Mukhyamantri Vivah Shagun scheme turned into a nightmare after he discovered that he had been declared dead in official records two years ago.

It all came to light when Kumar's application for Rs.71,000 assistance under the scheme was rejected in February, and while seeking details from the officials, he found himself dead and his wife, Parvati Devi, a widow on the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) portal, a record of residents' details.

Kumar, a resident of Faridabad's Sector-8, who works as a salesman in a garment shop earning Rs.

16,000 a month, said that after failing to get the required assi...