Police and officials here are perplexed on what action to take as a man certified as dead got elected as MLA from a constituency near Lucknow in eastern UP. Authorities say a nephew of Rameshwar Lal produced a death certificate showing that he died of diabetic coma in 2010 to convince police to drop an arrest warrant against him for allegedly participating in a 2004 gang rape.
A living Rameshwar Lal later ran in, and narrowly won in recent elections in the state. In his campaign, his supporters shouted, “Rameshwar Lal zindabad”. But shortly after his victory, the fake death certificate surfaced with his name on it.
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