Bhubaneswar, Feb. 11 -- A major racket involved in selling tribal land might be operating in Khordha district. The matter came to light after Begunia Sub-Registrar caught a person from Scheduled Tribe (ST) while trying to sell his land on forged documents claiming it as a land of general category.

As per reports, Brahmachari Pradhan from Begunia in Khordha allegedly sold his land measuring an area of 500 decimal to one Birupaksha Mangaraj at a cost of Rs 1 lakh.

However, the forgery was detected when the land patta was verified. Begunia Sub-Registrar Amit Kumar Sethi found that the patta was forged. He immediately informed the matter to Tehsildar Tapas Kumar Bisi.

Tehsildar verified the patta as well and wrote back to the Sub-Registrar...