India, Oct. 13 -- The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB) on Monday filed a charge sheet in connection with the land compensation fraud linked to the Bharatmala project, accusing government officials and private individuals of large-scale corruption.

According to the 7,500-page charge sheet, the EOW investigation looked into irregularities in land division and mutation in the villages of Nayakbandha, Tokaro and Urla under the Raipur-Visakhapatnam highway project, where officials allegedly backdated records and falsified documents to claim higher compensation; payment of double compensation payment for land already acquired for the Nayakbandha reservoir; and fraudulent mutation and compensation obtained in...