Cyberabad Police Arrest Two Suspects In Rs 12 Crore Gandipet Land Fraud Case
The Cyberabad Police arrested two more suspects on Sunday in connection with a major land fraud case involving fake Government Orders (GOs) and forged documents used to illegally claim government land in Gandipet. The ongoing investigation has uncovered fraudulent financial transactions worth nearly Rs 12 crore linked to the scheme.
The arrested individuals have been identified as 53-year-old Veladi Radhakrishna and his 34-year-old driver, Gyara Praveen Kumar. Three other suspects were previously arrested in connection with the same case.
According to the police, the accused targeted valuable government land located in Survey No. 18 of Gandipet village in Ranga Reddy district. Radhakrishna allegedly assured prospective buyers that he could secure land regularization and ownership rights. When obtaining genuine permissions became impossible, he fabricated official records to deceive buyers.
The forged materials included fake GOs, counterfeit No-Objection Certificates, official letters, and forged proceedings of the Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA).
Investigators revealed that Radhakrishna worked as an outsourcing employee in the Information Technology and Communication Department of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Secretariat between 2006 and 2009. He later used his knowledge of government procedures to pose as a Deputy Collector and an advocate, falsely promising government jobs, land regularization orders, and pattadar passbooks.
Police noted that Radhakrishna was previously involved in several cheating cases across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. He allegedly collected large sums of money from unemployed individuals by promising them government jobs before shifting his focus to large-scale land frauds.
After a case was registered against him at the Narsingi police station, Radhakrishna went into hiding. His driver, Praveen Kumar, reportedly assisted him in evading arrest by concealing documents, facilitating communication, and alerting him about police movements.
During the arrests, police seized several fabricated government documents, including fake GOs, five laptops, 12 cheque books, 13 rubber stamps, seven bank passbooks, 10 ATM cards, and 31 documents related to various land transactions.
