HYDERABAD: Narsingi police have arrested two more persons in connection with a land scam involving forged Government Orders (GOs) and fabricated official records aimed at grabbing 10 acres of government land worth approximately `1,000 crore in Gandipet village.
While three residents from Gandipet were arrested earlier, the police subsequently apprehended advocate Veladi Radhakrishna and his driver, Gyara Praveen Kumar. Bolla Brahma Naidu, former YSRCP MLA of Vinukonda in Andhra Pradesh, has also been named as an accused for allegedly transferring money to the accused to acquire the government land illegally.
According to Serilingampally DCP Ch Srinivas, Radhakrishna gained deep insight into bureaucratic processes during his stint as an outsourcing employee in the Information Technology & Communication (IT&C) department at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat between 2006 and 2009.
After leaving his job, Radhakrishna became a habitual offender and now faces nine criminal cases spanning cheating, forgery, and breach of trust across both Telugu states.
His latest plot targeted the government (Poramboke) land under Survey Number 18 in Gandipet village. Operating through his driver Praveen, Radhakrishna established contacts with middleman Kovvuru Sunil and local villagers — including Nimmala Rajesh, Nimmala Venugopal, Nimmala Ramaswamy, and Garela Manga — who claimed rights over the land.
Despite knowing the land belonged entirely to the government, Radhakrishna falsely assured Brahma Naidu and his brother Ramesh that he could bypass legal hurdles to secure regularisation and ownership approvals. He promised the local villagers that he would create legitimate-looking title deeds.
Working in tandem with another advocate, Radhakrishna forged critical government documents, including fake GOs, fake CCLA proceedings, and fraudulent No-Objection Certificates (NOCs). The gang went as far as forging the names and signatures of senior government officials to make the documents look authentic.
Accomplices Kovvuru Sunil, Karanam Rajesh, Gyara Praveen along with one Prabhudas managed the ground operations, handling illicit cash transfers, document transportation, and intelligence gathering.
Investigation into the paper trail exposed financial transactions totalling roughly `12 crore between the politicians and the land syndicate. “Radhakrishna demanded heavy upfront cash to create the forged documents.
Out of this, Brahma Naidu directly handed over `4 crore to Radhakrishna and another `4 crore to a middleman. The entire transaction was done in cash, and we are aggressively mapping the money trail,” DCP Srinivas said.