In a bizarre incident, the land of a temple in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow was grabbed by claiming that God has died.

The matter relates to a temple in Kushmaura Haluvapur village in the Mohanlalganj area of Lucknow. The trust that runs the 100-year-old temple was originally registered in the name of Lord Krishna-Rama. Sometime later, a man named Gaya Prasad was added on record as Lord Krishna-Rama's father. During the consolidation process in 1987, God was declared dead and the trust was transferred in the name of Gaya Prasad.

In 1991, Gaya Prasad was also declared dead and the trust was further transferred in the name of his brothers Ramnath and Haridwar.

The matter came to light when the temple's original trustee Sushil Kumar Tripathi filed a complaint with Naib Tehsildar in 2016. However, the case traveled from Naib Tehsildar to the district magistrate to the deputy chief minister's office without any results.

It was only when Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma transferred the investigation to SDM Prafulla Tripathi, it was revealed that someone had forged the documents in the name of the man who originally registered the trust to grab temple land of around 0.730 hectare.

According to SDM Sadar Prafulla Kumar Tripathi, the investigation found that in the past the temple and land were registered in the name of Lord Krishna-Rama. He also said that the land on which the temple is built is being described as barren land of Gram Sabha, which is being challenged at the SDM Court and is under trial.

Source: www.indiatoday.in