In parts of Uttar Pradesh, India, one way to seize a relative's land is to bribe an official to declare them dead. The Uttar Pradesh Association of Dead People exists to reverse those declarations. According to Wikipedia, in the region, "many have resorted to bribing officials to have the owner of a plot of land declared deceased and the title transferred to their ownership." — Read the rest
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