Ghaziabad, June 9 -- Police in Ghaziabad have arrested 10 people, including an official from the government's revenue department, as part of a probe into an alleged land fraud racket involving forged identity documents, fake ownership claims, and attempts to illegally sell valuable land worth crores of rupees.

The case was registered on the complaint of a resident of Noida's Sector-15A, who alleged that a group of individuals conspired to fraudulently claim ownership of his ancestral agricultural land in Arthala village, Ghaziabad. The land, comprising several khasra numbers, is reportedly worth several crores, according to the complaint.

During interrogation, a 70-year-old suspect from Hapur revealed that the conspiracy was orchestrate...