MEERUT, July 2 -- Former executive officer (EO) of the Sambhal Municipal Council, Rajkumar Gupta, was arrested on Thursday for his alleged role in facilitating the encroachment and fraudulent mutation of gram sabha land worth nearly Rs.101 crore, police said.

Gupta, who is currently posted as assistant municipal commissioner in the Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation, was arrested from Shahjahanpur and produced before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody, Sambhal superintendent of police (SP) Krishan Kumar Bishnoi and circle officer (CO) Kuldeep Kumar said at a press conference.

According to police, the case relates to nearly 38 bighas of gram sabha land along Moradabad Road in Takht Gosai village under the Hayatnagar police s...