KOCHI: The police Wednesday registered a case against Cardinal Mar George Alencherry in a land deal scam. The Ernakulam central police recorded the case following the order of Ernakulam Magistrate Court. Pappachan, a native of Chowara, approached the court against the cardinal. His complaint has alleged corruption to the tune of several crores in the sale of prime land of the Catholic church. Apart from the Cardinal, a case has been registered against 26 people including Fr Joshy Puthuva and mediator Saju Varghese. He cheated the church by giving wrong details before the registrar and divided the money got from selling the land, the complaint said.