Hyderabad, May 31: Telangana’s Cyberabad police have arrested two more individuals linked to a major land scam involving the illegal occupation of valuable government land through fake government orders and false official records.
On Sunday, the police announced the arrests of Veladi Radhakrishna and his driver, Gyara Praveen Kumar, identified as accused number 9 and 10 in the case.
The police had previously claimed to have uncovered the ₹1000 crore scam with the arrest of three individuals on May 29. This case involves the illegal sale of approximately 10 acres of government land worth around ₹1500 crores in Gandipet.
A complaint was filed by Srinivas Reddy, the Tehsildar of Gandipet Mandal, at the Narsingi police station on May 23. Among the six other accused is former YSR Congress Party MLA Bolla Brahma Naidu from Andhra Pradesh, who remains at large.
Deputy Commissioner of Police C.H. Srinivas informed the media that Radhakrishna worked as an outsourcing employee in the Information Technology and Communication Department at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat from 2006 to 2009. After leaving his job, he began deceiving people by claiming he could secure government jobs, land regularization orders, pattadar passbooks, succession proceedings, and other government permissions.
In 2013, he posed as a Deputy Collector and lawyer, promising unemployed individuals government jobs and collecting ₹30 lakhs in the process. Numerous criminal cases related to fraud, forgery, and breach of trust have been filed against him across various regions of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The police revealed that Radhakrishna, having become accustomed to a luxurious lifestyle funded by job-related fraud, began orchestrating large-scale land scams. Investigations uncovered that he contacted individuals claiming rights over government poramboke land in Survey No. 18 in Gandipet, planning to illegally profit from it.
According to police, Radhakrishna established connections with a man named Kouvuru Sunil through his driver, Gyara Praveen. He built relationships with Nimmala Rajesh, Nimmala Venu Gopal, Nimmala Ramaswamy, Garela Manga, and their families regarding the land in Gandipet.
Despite knowing the land was government poramboke with no legal ownership, Radhakrishna falsely assured Brahma Naidu and his brother Ramesh, who were interested in purchasing the land, that regularization, succession, and other government approvals could be obtained.
Together with Kouvuru Sunil, Radhakrishna convinced Nimmala Rajesh, Nimmala Venu Gopal, Nimmala Ramaswamy, and Garela Manga that they would prepare documents granting legal rights to the land, extracting substantial sums from them.
With the help of a lawyer, Radhakrishna fabricated fake government documents, including a false GO, CCLA actions, and NOCs.
During the investigation, it was revealed that Kouvuru Sunil, Karanam Rajesh, Gyara Praveen, and Prabhudas assisted Radhakrishna with financial transactions, document transportation, information exchange, and other activities.
The investigation uncovered that approximately ₹12 crores were exchanged among Brahma Naidu, Ramesh, and others involved in the land transactions.
The police seized five laptops, 12 checkbooks, 13 stamps, seven bank passbooks, 10 ATM cards, and 31 documents related to various lands from Radhakrishna and Praveen Kumar.
The DCP stated that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining fugitives, trace all financial transactions, and take legal action against everyone involved in the conspiracy.
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