Prayagraj, July 13 -- : People in Prayagraj may have seen in Bollywood films about fraudsters selling large government buildings, even the Taj Mahal, but not a mountains. However, in reality, the fraudsters' exploits are no less spectacular.
In Prayagraj, fraudsters sold an entire mountain, causing a major shock for the government and the officials.
The shocking case of fraudulent land grabbing has come to light in Prayagraj's Bara tehsil area. Land mafia fraudulently transferred government land worth crores of rupees, recorded in revenue records as "mountain," to their own names and sold it.
Officials here on Monday said based on a complaint from the area's Lekhpal, police have registered an FIR against 19 individuals, including the dir...