Ludhiana, Feb. 12 -- A complaint regarding 11 land deals, alleged to be undervalued, has snowballed into a major land scam involving 296 undervalued land deals in Ludhiana East sub-division from 2016 to 2019. During a hearing of the case by the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC), an additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP), representing the district police, submitted that FIRs would be registered in all 296 cases and a thorough investigation would be carried out.

District revenue officer (DRO) Girjinder Singh, who was also present in the court, said he would personally examine the matter and apprise the court at the next hearing. He will also examine why the deficient stamp duties have not been made good in the 296 cases. The next...