1 / 10Land disputes are not new to Gurgaon, but this one has left the Haryana Police perplexed.They have to find the real “Charanjeet Singh” out of 13 people from Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, each one of whom claims to be the owner of an 8-acre plot on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, worth Rs 400 crore.2 / 10Meanwhile, the man who the authorities believe is the actual Charanjeet Singh could be dead, along with his wife, leaving no legal heirs.3 / 10A criminal case has been registered at Gurgaon’s Sector 37 police station on a complaint filed by Gurgaon-based RTI activist Ramesh Yadav under IPC sections dealing with impersonation, cheating, fraud, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. 4 / 10Six of the claimants are named Charanjeet Singh, and each one of them claims to be the son of “Nandi Singh” — as mentioned in the revenue records.5 / 10These men are based in Uttar Pradesh (Pilibhit), Punjab (Patiala, Anandpur Sahib) and Uttarakhand (Udham Singh Nagar).6 / 10A seventh claimant, Gurnam Singh, says he is the son of Charanjeet Singh.7 / 10The remaining six have either cited a General Power of Attorney or a registered will or sale agreement in their favour. These men are Hari Mohan Singh, Gajender Singh, Harish Ahuja, Dilip, Ravinder Singh and Manish Bhardwaj. All are based in either Gurgaon or Delhi.8 / 10The revenue records of Gurgaon mention the owners of the land as Charanjeet Singh, son of Nandi Singh, and his wife Manjeet Kaur, residents of Greater Kailash, New Delhi. They have not been traced so far.9 / 10The land, measuring 64.14 kanals (approximately 8 acres), in Narsinghpur village on Delhi-Jaipur NH-48, was acquired on August 7, 2014 by the then Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led government.10 / 10The acquisition was for the purpose of creating a transport and communication zone, and the land was handed over by the Land Acquisition Officer, Urban Estate, to the Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikaran, formerly Haryana Urban Development Authority or HUDA).The owner of the land was awarded a compensation of Rs 44.01 crore at the time of acquisition. But the deal mired in legal trouble after owners of other plots for the same project moved to the court demanding enhanced compensation. A few years later, the market value of the land was enhanced to over Rs 200 crore. Its current value is around Rs 400 crore including the interest.