Several Indians are locked in a bureaucratic nightmare after they were wrongly declared to have died of coronavirus by officials who then allegedly collected £2,000 in compensation.
The suspected scam has forced 23 people in the village of Borkhedi, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, to prove that they have not died. Officials had falsely recorded their deaths allegedly to embezzle the 200,000 rupees (£2,000) per person that their families were entitled to as compensation.
A minister from the area has ordered the police to investigate the suspected racket, not only in Borkhedi but in neighbouring villages in case the scam was more widespread.
“The village council elder is the person who has the authority to issue birth and death certificates. In this case,
