A criminal case has been registered against 19 people, including two former revenue officials, two sub-registrars and several individuals, over the alleged fraudulent transfer and registration of a valuable endowment property belonging to the Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple.
The FIR was registered on July 25 under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC after a complaint was filed by K Chelladurai, joint commissioner and executive officer of the temple.