Some high-rank revenue department officials have come under the scanner as the newly formed special investigation team (SIT) on Thursday began its probe into the Rs 1.23-crore NHAI compensation scam relating to the acquisition of the Chandigarh-Ludhiana Expressway project.
The case pertains to making false entries in assessment register and e-rolls and fraudulently making three persons beneficiaries of compensation at Samrala and Ghulal village where the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) had acquired land for the project.
On Wednesday, commissioner of police Rakesh Agrawal formed the SIT comprising additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) Sachin Gupta and assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Harpal Grewal to probe the matter.
