Jaisalmer, July 12 -- A 92-year-old retired Indian Army officer, Captain Chunnilal, has alleged that his agricultural land in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district was fraudulently mortgaged, transferred and sold without his knowledge by using forged documents and an impersonator.

Following his complaint, the police have registered a case and initiated an investigation into the matter.

Captain Chunnilal, a veteran who served in the 1962 war with China and the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan, alleged that the land allotted to his family under the rehabilitation programme for the Pong Dam project in Himachal Pradesh oustees was illegally transferred and sold despite him possessing the original ownership documents.

Speaking to ANI, the veteran ...