Cyberabad Police in Telangana have arrested two more accused in connection with an alleged ₹1,000 crore land racket involving fabricated Government Orders and forged official records to illegally encroach upon 10 acres of government land in Gandipet, valued at nearly ₹1,500 crore. The arrests, announced on Sunday, bring the total number of persons held in the case to 10.

Who Was Arrested

The latest accused are Veladi Radhakrishna, named as accused number nine, and his driver Gyara Praveen Kumar, named as accused number ten. Their arrest follows the initial bust on 29 May, when police claimed to have cracked the racket with the detention of three persons. A case under sections 338, 336(3), 318(4) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at Narsingi Police Station on 23 May, on a complaint filed by Srinivas Reddy, Tahsildar, Gandipet Mandal, Rangareddy district.

Profile of the Key Accused

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police C.H. Srinivas, Radhakrishna previously worked as an outsourcing employee in the Information Technology and Communication department of the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat from 2006 to 2009. After leaving the job, he allegedly leveraged his familiarity with government procedures to defraud people by falsely claiming he could arrange government jobs, land regularisation orders, pattadar passbooks, succession proceedings, and other official permissions.

In 2013, posing as a Deputy Collector and an advocate, he allegedly cheated unemployed persons by promising government jobs and collected ₹30 lakh from them. Multiple criminal cases relating to cheating, forgery, and breach of trust were subsequently registered against him across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

How the Conspiracy Was Executed

Police allege that Radhakrishna developed contacts with persons claiming rights over government poramboke land in Survey No. 18 of Gandipet village and, through his driver Gyara Praveen, established an acquaintance with one Kovvuru Sunil. He also built relationships with Nimmala Rajesh, Nimmala Venugopal, Nimmala Ramaswamy, Garela Manga, and their family members.

Knowing the land was government poramboke with no lawful private ownership, Radhakrishna allegedly assured Bolla Brahma Naidu — a former MLA of the YSR Congress Party from Andhra Pradesh — and his brother Ramesh that regularisation and other government approvals could be obtained. With the assistance of an advocate, he allegedly fabricated fake G.O.s, false CCLA proceedings, fake NOCs, official letters, and other government documents. Financial transactions of approximately ₹12 crore reportedly took place between Brahma Naidu, Ramesh, and persons connected to the land deal, according to investigators.

Evidence Seized

Police seized five laptops, 12 cheque books, 13 stamps, seven bank passbooks, 10 ATM cards, and 31 documents related to various land transactions from Radhakrishna and Praveen Kumar. Kovvuru Sunil, Karanam Rajesh, Gyara Praveen, and one Prabhudas are said to have assisted Radhakrishna in money transactions, document transportation, and information exchange.

Absconding Accused and Next Steps

Brahma Naidu is among five accused who are allegedly absconding. The DCP stated that investigation is continuing to arrest the remaining fugitives, unearth complete financial transactions, and take legal action against all persons involved in the conspiracy. This is the second wave of arrests in a case that has already drawn attention to the vulnerability of government land records in rapidly urbanising areas around Hyderabad.