The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed four fresh chargesheets in the Manesar land scam case, naming M3M Group promoter Roop Bansal as an accused in proceedings involving alleged collusion between private real-estate players and government officials in Gurugram district. The chargesheets were filed before Special CBI Judge Vijayant Sehgal in Panchkula, which fixed December 11 as the next date of hearing.
The case concerns land in Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula villages, where the Haryana government had issued a notification on August 27, 2004, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act to acquire around 912 acres for an Industrial Model Township. The CBI has alleged that private builders and their associates used the threat of government acquisition to pressure landowners into selling their plots at substantially lower prices.
According to the agency’s allegations, some landowners sold land for between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 25 lakh per acre, while the prevailing market value was considerably higher. The CBI has alleged that after private builders acquired substantial portions of the notified land, the acquisition process was allowed to lapse. The land was subsequently released from acquisition through an order issued on August 24, 2007.
The investigating agency has alleged that the release benefited builders, their companies and agents rather than the original landowners. It has also alleged that the wider conspiracy led to wrongful gains for private players and corresponding losses to landowners and the state exchequer. The allegations have not been established at trial, and those named as accused will have the opportunity to contest them before the court.
The CBI further alleges that licences and change-of-land-use permissions were later granted to builders who were otherwise not eligible. The allegations place the case at the intersection of land acquisition, development permissions and the conversion of agricultural land for urban and industrial growth around Gurugram.
The agency had originally filed a chargesheet in February 2018 against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 34 others, including government officials and private-sector players. The accused faced allegations linked to criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption. In January 2026, the special CBI court framed charges against several individuals and companies, allowing the trial to proceed in relation to those accused.
Proceedings against Hooda and certain former bureaucrats have remained affected by stays granted by the Supreme Court, according to the report. The four new chargesheets expand the set of accused under scrutiny as the court examines the alleged acquisition and release process. The matter is scheduled to come up again on December 11 before the special CBI court in Panchkula.
