Ludhiana, July 30 -- An FIR has been registered against 14 people in connection with an alleged multi-crore financial scam involving the gram panchayats of Malkpur Bet village after a district-level inquiry found prima facie evidence of large-scale misuse of public funds, procedural violations and irregular expenditures spanning several years.

Those booked in the case are Rupinderjit Kaur, former block development and panchayat officer (BDPO), Ludhiana-I, Jaswinder Singh, assistant engineer, Teja Singh, gram sewak, Malkpur Bet, Baldev Singh, panchayat secretary, Sukhminder Singh, panchayat secretary, Malkit Kaur, former sarpanch, Gurmel Singh, former BDPO, Jagroop Singh, panchayat secretary, Kiranpal Singh, panchayat secretary, Kamal Bha...