Ludhiana, Oct. 6 -- Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain has ordered an inquiry against local revenue officials following allegations of forgery of land records in Jhande village.

The action comes after a complaint filed by Jatinder Singh, a resident of Jhande, who accused patwari Dilpreet Singh, Kanungo Jaspreet Singh, and other revenue officials of fabricating official records. Singh submitted his complaint to deputy commissioner, director general of vigilance bureau and senior superintendent of police (vigilance).

Singh alleged that an online jamabandi (land record) for the year 2005-06 - a period when no digital land record system existed for Jhande village - had been fraudulently created.

According to him, the genuine record for that...