India, Feb. 5 -- The Haryana anti-corruption bureau has filed a chargesheet against 29 persons, including four state government officials, for allegedly facilitating the fraudulent sale of panchayat land by forging revenue records in Palwal, officials said on Wednesday.

Officials said the accused include a naib tehsildar, kanungo, patwari and registry clerk, who were earlier posted in Hodal. They allegedly helped at least 47 individuals purchase more than 31 acres of panchayat land in Laharpur village of Hassanpur block worth at least Rs.55 crore by forging land revenue records for financial gains.

A senior official of the ACB unit in Faridabad said that at least 22 of the beneficiaries named in the case have died. "Thus, the chargeshee...