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A land grab case lodged against Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in 2014 and closed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in 2018 for lack of evidence was reopened on Thursday after the complainant claimed to have fresh evidence in the case.

The development came a day after Scindia severed ties with the Congress and joined the BJP, triggering a political crisis in Madhya Pradesh. On Thursday, the Madhya Pradesh EOW decided to verify the facts in the complaint filed by one Surendra Shrivastava against Scindia and his family, who have been accused of falsifying a property document while selling land.

“Yes, an order has been given for re-verification of facts in the complaint filed by Surendra Shrivastava,” an EOW official told a new agency.

According to an EOW release, Shrivastava on Thursday alleged that Scindia and his family forged a registry document to sell him a piece of land at Mahalgaon which was smaller by 6,000 sq feet than the original agreement in 2009. While the complainant had lodged the complaint first on March 26, 2014, it was investigated and closed in 2018.