The officers were previously posted as Sub-divisional Magistrates in Jansath and one of them, Devender Singh, has been booked in the land grab case, Additional District Magistrate Ramkishan Sharma said today.
The other five officers, including JP Gupta, Baburam, Radhey Shayam Mishra are facing inquiry, after the District authorities had received complaints against these officers in connection with the land grab case, Sharma said.
A case of land-grabbing also came to light against Asha Mishra, wife of Radhey Shayam Mishra, he added.
District authorities had found that sugarcane crops had been grown on 169 bigha of encroached government land during checking in 27 villages.
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