India, Nov. 23 -- In a major development exposing alleged large-scale manipulation in land acquisition arbitration proceedings, Beed police on Friday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the issuance of backdated arbitration orders prepared using forged signatures of the then district collector.

As many as 154 fabricated arbitration orders were issued between March 1 and April 17 this year and sanctioned enhanced compensations worth Rs.241.62 crore, said officials.

Vivek Johnson, collector of Beed district, and additional district collector of Beed, along with senior revenue officials, recently visited the land acquisition coordination office of the Jayakwadi project, the sub-divisional officer's office in Beed, and ...