Ludhiana, Feb. 19 -- Acting on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC), the Ludhiana police have booked at least 329 people involved in 159 "undervalued" land deals. The land transactions were registered in Ludhiana East sub-division between 2016 and 2019. Interestingly, the police have booked only the sellers and buyers only. No revenue official has been booked.

A total of 296 such land deals had surfaced which were registered "undervalued" which caused a large-scale loss to the state exchequer. During the hearing of a case, the HC had ordered the police to register FIRs in 159 cases within three days of receiving its orders. In the remaining 134 cases, the court ruled that proceedings under Section 47-A of the Stamp Act, r...