In the August 2021 floods that ravaged Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, Jairam lost more livestock than most in his village of Lalitpura: 40 rabbits, 15 chickens, 13 goats, four cows, two buffaloes, and two calves, besides three homes. What he didn’t know then was that much of the compensation meant for families like his would never reach them. While the money remains elusive, the case has been thrust into the limelight once more with the arrest of a tehsildar, Amita Singh Tomar, on allegations of irregularities. Tomar, a key accused in the case, had gained fame in 2019 after winning Rs 50 lakh on Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati. “We got only Rs 5,000,” Jairam’s wife, Urmala, alleged when The Indian Express visited their home. “Everyone in our family had to take up work; three children dropped out of school. We built a two-room house with loans taken from relatives.” Vishnu Kushwaha and his wife live in a makeshift tin shed home after they did not receive compensation.…