Three arrested in 2-BHK housing allotment scam in Hyderabad’s Alwal; 79 forged certificates seized
Alwal police producing three accused in the case during a press meet in Hyderabad. Three persons were arrested by Alwal police for cheating nearly 100 families by promising them government 2-BHK houses and issuing forged allotment certificates. As many as 79 fake documents and three mobile phones used in the fraud were seized. The accused were identified as Timmiri Gopinath Pushpalatha, 54, a resident of Trimulgherry, her son Timmiri Gopinath Vishal, 21, and Mahender Singh, 45, proprietor of Radhaswamy photocopy centre in Trimulgherry. All three were apprehended on June 24. According to police, the accused collected between ₹50,000 and ₹1 lakh from victims by falsely claiming they could secure allotments under the government’s 2-BHK housing scheme. Investigators said Pushpalatha was projected as a senior GHMC official capable of facilitating house allotments, leading victims to believe the claims. To convince applicants, the accused supplied forged government allotment certificates, creating the impression that houses had already been sanctioned. Police said the victims waited for nearly three years before realising they had been cheated. The case was registered …
