PATNA, Dec. 10 -- Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who also holds the Revenue and Land Reforms Department portfolio, on Wednesday issued a stern warning to revenue officers against collusion with land mafia in the state. he said that "erring" officials would be identified and brought to book.

He announced crackdown on "corrupt" officials during a press conference on measures his ministry is planning to implement. Among such measures will be constitution of a flying squad team to randomly check the application for mutation and Parmarjan (removal of errors in land documents) and the start of the Bhumi Sudhar Jankalyan Samvad from December 12 onwards for addressing land related matters in districts.

"The department will soon ...