4 held for faking govt 2BHK house allotment letters in Hyderabad, duped 30 people of Rs 42L using RDO's forged signature; fake seals, cash recovered

HYDERABAD: Task force sleuths on Wednesday arrested four individuals for duping people by creating fake allotment letters of govt-sponsored 2BHK houses by impersonating the signature of Revenue Divisional Officer.

The arrested accused were Mohammed Ahmed, Mohammed Amjad alias Munavar, Kothakota Raj Kumar Reddy alias Raju, and Mir Kousar Ali alias Siraj.

The police said the accused had defrauded around 30 people of Rs 42 lakh over two years.

The accused procured money ranging from 50,000 to 2.2 lakh from victims for a house in Bandlaguda.

"Ahmed used to work as a labourer on a two-bedroom construction site in Bandlaguda. During this time, he hatched a plan to make money by making false promises to help people get a house allotment," said deputy commissioner of police (Task Force) YVS Sudheendra, adding that Ahmed then roped in other accused.

The accused obtained one genuine allotment letter with RDO's signature and used an app to generate fake ones. Cops recovered ₹5.5 lakh from them.