Ludhiana, Feb. 28 -- {Advocate held}

The vigilance bureau (VB) on Friday booked nine accused, including a sub-registrar, for allegedly executive a sale deed of a non-resident Indian's (NRI) land, officials said, adding that an advocate was arrested in connection with the matter.

The action comes as the accused allegedly executed the sale deed of the 14-kanal land using forged documents. Officials said the land belongs to an NRI residing in the US, identified as Deep Singh, and was illegally sold at a price below its market value.

The VB arrested advocate Gurcharan Singh from Ludhiana, who played a key role in facilitating the land registration.

A VB spokesperson identified the accused as sub-registrar Jagsir Singh Saran, who executed ...