Police nabs sub-registrar, four brokers for land fraud in Odisha

SAMBALPUR: A district sub-registrar and four others including land brokers were arrested by Sambalpur police for their alleged involvement in a major fraud using forgery and impersonation to illegally acquire a dead person’s land.

The accused were identified as Surya Narayan Samal, the sub-registrar and land broker Chandra Prasad Dunguria, who were apprehended on Thursday. Three others, Sujit Kumar Patra, Venkat Balaji Patro, and lawyer Ranjan Pattnaik, were arrested on Friday. Police also seized a forged sale deed issued in September 2022 and a reissued sale deed dated January 2025.