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Dude. Dial it way back. Stabbing people is exactly the WRONG way to handle this. May I suggest some vandalism while in full view of a cop? Prison is not the goal here. Damn.
It's like an alternate timeline version of The Crow.
That seems a bit excessive - he could have stolen a chicken or pooed in a policeman's hat (the usual low-level crimes needed to prove you are alive).
These cases are part of a wider phenomenon in India. This isn’t some bureaucratic error.
Enemies often bribe a government contact to declare someone dead which means their property (land, farms, homes, etc) can be sold off and purchased.
This is extremely difficult to reverse and the local government is the one that took the bribe to do it in the first place so good luck finding help.
I believe there have been cases where petty crimes resulted in the “dead” just being released since it’s not worth the hassle to book and do the paperwork.
Should have gone for the gov office which declared him dead instead of a random school.
Given the level of corruption Where this often happens as the result of a bribe to allow the property to be sold off to someone.
Anything that is seen to risk local gov, who may well have taken the bribe. Could just mean the certification was early, not false.
That'd certainly lead to escalation.