JHANSI, March 19 -- Three people have been arrested in Jhansi after police exposed a major fraud involving crop insurance claims using forged land documents. Police said the scam could be worth crores of rupees.

The matter surfaced after a complaint filed in December 2025 by Jhansi-Lalitpur MP Anurag Sharma, who alleged that compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana had been fraudulently claimed using his land details.

An inquiry by the deputy director of agriculture confirmed the allegations. Subsequently, two separate FIRs were registered at Premnagar and Garautha police stations.

Initially, several farmers listed in the compensation records came under suspicion. However, further investigation revealed that many of them...