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New Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Arrested for ‘extortion', BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy gets bail
HANAMKONDA: BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy was arrested late on Friday at the RGI Airport at Shamshabad in connection with an alleged extortion case and released on bail within 18 hours. The Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Railway Cases in Kazipet, Ch Leela Naga Susmitha, rejected the police request for remand and granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and surety from two persons. The arrest followed a complaint lodged on April 21, 2025, at Subedari police station by Katta Umadevi, wife of Manoj Reddy, a resident of Excise Colony, Hanamkonda. In her complaint, Umadevi said that her husband, who runs a granite business in Vangapally of Kamalapur mandal, had been under mental stress for 20 days. The complainant claimed that Manoj Reddy revealed to her that Kaushik Reddy threatened and extorted Rs 25 lakh from him to allow the continuation of his granite business in Huzurabad. BRS cadre stage protest at Subedari police station Umadevi further stated that on April 18, 2025, Kaushik Reddy allegedly called her husband again, demanding Rs 50 lakh and threatening to harm their family if the demand was not met. Based on her complaint, Subedari police registered a case under Sections 308(2), 308(4), and 352 of the BNS. Earlier, Kaushik Reddy had approached the High Court seeking to quash the FIR. On June 16, the court dismissed his plea and directed him to cooperate with the investigation. The interim protection from arrest granted earlier was vacated. Following news of the MLA's arrest, a large number of BRS activists gathered at the Subedari police station. Former minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao and former government chief whip Dasyam Vinay Kumar were among those who reached the station and staged a protest demanding access to the MLA. The police allowed them to meet him inside the station. The activists also attempted to burn an effigy of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in front of the police station but were detained and taken to Madikonda police station. Later, Subedari police took Kaushik Reddy to MGM Hospital in Warangal for a medical examination before producing him in the Kazipet Railway Court.
The Print
6 days ago
- Business
- The Print
T'gana accords administrative sanction for Hyd Metro Rail Phase II (B) project
Hyderabad, Jun 17 (PTI) The Telangana government has accorded administrative sanction for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase II (B) project for three corridors for a length of 86.1 km to be undertaken as a 50:50 Joint Venture between the state government and the Centre at an estimated cost of Rs 19,579 crore, government sources said. The three corridors include RGI Airport to Future City (Skills University) – 39.6 km, Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) to Medchal -24.5 km and JBS to Shamirpet – 22 km.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Student from Nalgonda deported from US for fake docus
Hyderabad: The RGI Airport police apprehended a 28-year-old student from Nalgonda for allegedly using forged documents to secure a US visa. Based on his admission, cops subsequently arrested the managing director of an education consultancy firm who supplied the documents to him. The first arrest took place on June 1 when Pakiru Gopal Reddy, from Parepalligudem in Nalgonda district, landed at the Shamshabad airport after being deported from Dallas, US, for an inactive Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). He was pursuing his master's at Webster University, Missouri. "During interrogation by immigration officials Reddy confessed that he went to the US on Sept 28, 2023, by obtaining a US visa using fake BSc Computers certificates from Madurai Kamraj University," said V Sreekanth Goud, ACP, RGIA. He added: "Reddy said he initially stayed there for 15 months and returned home on personal work in 2024. In the last week of May, he returned to the US but was intercepted at the Dallas airport and deported to India for inactive SEVIS status. " When questioned by local immigration officials, the student claimed Katoju Ashok of Sri Dhanalakshmi Overseas Private Limited in BN Reddy Nagar, Vanasthalipuram, had helped him procure the counterfeit documents. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Buy Durable Perforated Stainless Steel Sheets Online – Trusted Suppliers Stainless Steel Sheets | Search ADS Search Now Undo Immigration officials handed over Reddy to RGI Airport police on June 1, while Ashok was arrested the day after. "Ashok confessed to police that since 2020 he has supplied fake degree certificates to 15 students and sent them abroad by charging between Rs 80,000 and Rs 1 lakh each," said a police official. Cops seized 150 forged mark statements, provisional certificates, and recommendation letters of Madurai Kamaraj University and Osmania University, in the name of 17 persons, along with stamps of various private companies, Rs 10 lakh cash, and four cell phones from Ashok's possession.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Time of India
Man held for cheating woman on pretext of marriage
Hyderabad: Eighteen months after registering a case, the SR Nagar police arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly cheating a 35-year-old woman under the pretext of marriage. The arrested was identified as V Shashank. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Shashank, who had been abroad since the time the FIR was registered, had a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against him and was detained upon arrival at the RGI Airport. He was remanded to judicial custody on Monday. According to police, in 2024, Shashank, a native of Vishakaptanam, met the victim — who works for a private firm in the city and resides at SR Nagar — at a mutual friend's event in Bengaluru. The two got acquainted and later, Shashank allegedly sexually exploited her on the guise of marriage. He then flew to the UK to pursue his Masters and stopped responding to the victim's calls. He also blocked her on social media platforms, said police. In Dec 2023, police registered a case and subsequently issued a LOC against Shashank. On Monday, as he was flying to Vishakapatnam via Hyderabad, immigration authorities detained him upon his arrival at the RGI Airport and alerted the SR Nagar police.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Time of India
Alert immigration staff foil human trafficking bid at RGIA
1 2 3 Hyderabad: Alert immigration officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) prevented two Indians from falling victim to an international cybercrime human trafficking racket operating out of Cambodia. The victims — Nabeel Ahmed (30) from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, and Ahmed (25) from Dehradun — were lured by promises of lucrative data entry jobs in Cambodia. The fraud was orchestrated through WhatsApp conversations and Zoom calls by the accused, operating under the names — Jason alias Hasan, who used a UAE SIM card; Tank, a Chinese national using a Turkish SIM card; and Sahil alias Md Azeem, suspected to be from Hyderabad. According to police, the accused first contacted Nabeel — who had previously worked as a cab driver in Delhi and a labourer in the Middle East — through WhatsApp with a job offer in Cambodia. A fake job interview was held on Zoom, and both Nabeel and Ahmed were issued tourist visas and flight tickets to travel to Cambodia via Bangkok from Delhi. "We were told that the job site was close to the airport in Phnom Penh, and that free accommodation would be provided along with food," Nabeel said. However, due to a strict security check at IGI Airport under 'Operation Sindoor', Nabeel and Ahmed could not board the flight on April 24. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cost Of Amusement Park Equipment From Mexico Might Surprise You - See Tips Amusement Park Equipment | search ads Click Here Undo They were immediately provided flight tickets for the following day, but still could not board a flight as one of the security personnel became suspicious of their nervous behaviour and asked them to show proof of funds, as they were travelling on tourist visas. After the failed attempts to depart from Delhi airport, the accused arranged for their travel from Hyderabad via Singapore to Cambodia. On May 15, Nabeel and Ahmed arrived at the RGI Airport to go to Cambodia via Singapore. "After checking our tickets and tourist visas, immigration desk staff directed us to their supervisor. We were explained how Indians are being trafficked to work in Chinese-operated call centres in Cambodia under threats and torture to commit cybercrimes. We realised the fraud and decided to lodge a police complaint," Nabeel said. Based on his complaint, TGCSB registered a case under relevant sections of the BNS and the IT Act against the accused on Friday, and police are trying to locate the local offenders involved.
