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Muzaffarpur Land Scam: Suspended CO and Revenue Officer Arrested in Forgery Case
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News18•10-10-2026, 07:22
Muzaffarpur Land Scam: Suspended CO and Revenue Officer Arrested in Forgery Case
- •Ahiyapur police arrested suspended Circle Officer Mahendra Kumar Shukla and Revenue Officer Karun Karan in a land forgery case.
- •The case involves the fraudulent mutation of 70 decimals of ancestral land belonging to retired government official Vijay Kumar.
- •An FIR has been registered against eight individuals, including Belsand MLA Amit Kumar Ranu belonging to the Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas.
- •Investigators are probing the authenticity of land documents, revenue record alterations, and the involvement of officials in the mutation process.
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Suspended Circle Officer Mahendra Kumar Shukla and Revenue Officer Karun Karan were arrested by the Ahiyapur police in connection with a land forgery case involving the mutation of 70 decimals of ancestral land using alleged forged documents.
The land belongs to Vijay Kumar, a resident of Shahbazpur who has retired as an Under Secretary from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
An FIR was registered against eight people in total, including Belsand MLA Amit Kumar Ranu (associated with the Lok Janshakti Party - Ram Vilas), his brother Abhinav Kumar, and circle employees.
