DEHRADUN: Four years ago, when Harikrishna Budhlakoti (now 67) of Kumola village in Nainital district applied for a loan by mortgaging his three nali (1 nali = 200.67 sqm) ancestral land located in Pangot, he was told that it belonged to a forest officer, not him.
He later found that some land mafia had fraudulently got his death certificate issued, allegedly in connivance with authorities concerned, and then transferred the land rights to some co-sharers (whose names were also included fraudulently) who later sold it. Since 2018, Budhlakoti has been running from pillar to post to prove that he is alive and wants his ancestral land back.
