A case has been registered against 12 persons for allegedly selling and purchasing government land earmarked for a cemetery in Maharashtra's Thane district 49 years ago, police said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.

The police on Friday registered a case under section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code based on a complaint lodged by a revenue official following an investigation into the fraud that took place in April 1976, an official said, reported PTI.