PRAYAGRAJ, April 27 -- A 65-year-old man from Kaushambi district was allegedly declared dead in official revenue records. An "official" son he never had was then shown as his legal heir and his land, reportedly worth over Rs.1 crore, was quietly sold off through a registered deed without his knowledge.

The case emerged from Sokhada village under Chail tehsil, where Ekhlaq Ahmed, the rightful landowner, discovered that his property had been transferred after records falsely showed him deceased. The alleged heir, Manzoor Ahmed of Mahgaon, reportedly exploited a name similarity with his own late father to claim inheritance and establish ownership over the land.

According to the complaint, Manzoor Ahmed allegedly altered revenue records to ...