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Earlier 15 offences related to the farm pond scam of GLDC were registered by ACB in the districts of south Gujarat. Upadhyay and Parulkar were arrested in the previous cases related to the farm pond scam. Surat: Anti-corruption bureau sleuths registered nine fresh offences in Gujarat Land Development Corporation (GLDC) farm pond scam for siphoning of Rs65.75 lakh of government funds at Tapi ACB police station on Saturday. These ponds cost around Rs5 lakh, almost four times than a farm pond,” said ACB officials.ACB has booked 13 accused in the nine fresh cases. “Over Rs4 lakh was claimed for the pond developed under MNREGA by the accused officials,” said P M Parmar, assistant director, ACB Surat.“In the fresh cases registered by ACB, it was found that along with farm pond, the accused had claimed money for developing larger ponds in bordering areas of villages..