In a shocking fraud committed in connivance with revenue officials, the Indian Air Force's emergency airfield (Jahaz Ground) in Ferozepur Cantonment has been sold off to private persons.
Spread over 15 acres and worth several crores of rupees, the airfield is a part of the 982 acres of prime land acquired by the British government in 1939 for use by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
Later, the Indian Air Force used the same airfield in the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars. The vast Airfiel...
