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A man in India managed to trick a landlord by pretending to be his son. This scam went on for 41 years.
Reported from BBCin February 1977, a teenage boy disappeared on his way home from school in the eastern state of Bihar.
Kanhaiya Singh, the only son of a rich and influential zamindar (landlord) in Nalanda district, returns from the second day of exams. His family made a missing persons report to the police.
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Attempts to find Kanhaiya were futile. His elderly father was depressed and asked a shaman for help. A village shaman informs him that his son is still alive and will be found soon.
In September 1981, a man in his early 20s arrived in a village, almost 15 km from where Kanhaiya lived.
She wears saffron and can sing songs. He begged for a living. He told local residents that he was the ‘son of a prominent person’ from Murgawan, the missing child’s village.
What happened next? Read the next page.
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