Gurugram, Sept. 12 -- Police in Haryana's Pataudi have registered an FIR after unidentified people allegedly used the identity of a man who died in 1970 to manipulate land records and facilitate the transfer of his property nearly five decades later, officials said.

Police said the complainant approached them after discovering discrepancies in the ownership and revenue records of the land.

The accused are suspected of having used the deceased man's identity to prepare or manipulate documents showing him as alive and subsequently use those records to claim rights over the property. During the preliminary probe, investigators found that the person whose name appeared in the documents had reportedly died in 1970.

The case has raised quest...