Mohali, March 31 -- A special CBI court has summoned all 16 accused, including three public servants, to appear on May 5 for trial in a land-grab case involving eight acres of prime property worth Rs.100 crore near VIP Road in Zirakpur.

The court accepted the investigation report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which took over the probe from Mohali police following allegations of fraud and forgery.

The public servants named in the two cheating FIRs include DSP Kuljinder Singh, retired tehsildar Harminder Singh Sidhu and retired sub-registrar Kuldeep Singh.

The court also summoned 13 other accused-Sanjeev Kumar Gaba, Rajesh Kumar Gaba, Manoj Kumar, Sarabjeet Singh, Rajender Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Umeshveer Vikram Singh,...