Web Series Director Held For Exploiting Woman
Hyderabad: Jubilee Hills police arrested a web series director for cheating on a young woman and filming suggestive scenes with her under the guise of film opportunities.
Police said the 23-year-old woman, from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, had come to Hyderabad in search of film roles and was living in Yousufguda while attending coaching classes in Ameerpet. He was working as an extra for ₹500-₹1,000 per role when he contacted Shankar, a director from Krishnanagar, who allegedly promised him good luck in films.
According to police, Shankar had taken the woman into his car and filmed scenes with obscene dialogues, claiming that there was a shooting going on six months ago. Recently, he allegedly posted videos on social media revealing his face. The woman learned about the videos through her friends.
“When her family objected, she confronted Shankar. Shankar then started blackmailing her and threatened to post the videos on more platforms,” police said. The victim lodged a complaint and Shankar was arrested under relevant sections.
Doctor defrauded of ₹1.55 crore in website scam
A doctor working at a private hospital in Gachibowli lost 1.55 billion rupees in the name of website development. Based on his complaint, Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) registered a case.
The doctor had planned to launch a website and mobile application related to healthy living. While looking for a developer, he contacted Syed Rehan Saif and his father Syed Mohammed, who claimed IT expertise.
The trio decided to form Grubstake Ambrosia Health and Wellness Pvt Ltd to develop the platform. Police said the accused convinced the doctor that Saif would run the operations while he invested. They told him that ₹1.55 crore was required. Acting on their advice, the doctor took a bank loan of ₹ 1.40 crore and withdrew ₹ 10 lakh from his stock investments and gave the entire amount to Saif.
The doctor later claimed that his signatures and digital signature certificate were misused to pose as a director at various companies. It was claimed that the suspect acted negligently and did not return the money despite the refund request.
Illegal liquor material seized
The state excise STF team arrested Ratnawat Ramesh on Saturday.
Transportation of raw materials used in the production of illegal alcohol.
Authorities seized 900 kilos of rags and 100 kilos of alum from the person’s possession.
Amangal during the operation carried out in Wasedevapur.
The expenditure was led by STF Team B sub-inspector Balaraju.
Fire at wine shop in Somajiguda
A fire broke out at a wine shop on Raj Bhavan Road in Somajiguda, causing property damage worth thousands of rupees. There was no loss of life.
Officials from the Secretariat fire station said they received information about the fire around 6.45 am and immediately reached the scene. While the entire shop became unusable, the flames were taken under control at 8.30 in the morning.
While authorities suspect that the fire may have been caused by a short circuit, the exact cause is being investigated. ends
A.Added ginger-garlic paste unit broke down
Four men running a ginger-garlic paste manufacturing unit were arrested by the Secunderabad Commissioner task force and Lallaguda police on Saturday for allegedly manufacturing adulterated products.
Accused – Neela Venkateswaralu, 56, deity; K Vinod, 46, supervisor; and laborers T Sathish (23) and M Shivani (46) were booked under Sections 318(4), 275, 223 read with 3(5) of the BNS.
During the raid, police seized 1,915 kg of ginger-garlic paste, as well as acetic acid, xanthan gum, raw ginger and garlic, packaging materials, labels, date stamps and machinery including grinders, weighing machines and packaging machines.
Officials said the accused adulterated the product with chemicals and supplied fake labels to kirana stores to make profits.
Tax team seized ganja in two cases
The Special Consumption team seized more than 700 grams of marijuana in two separate cases on Saturday. In the first incident, 390 grams were seized from Dhoolipet and Sudesh Singh was arrested. Cases were also registered against Geeta Singh and Vivek Singh. SI Manju said that the accused was handed over to Dhoolipet excise station along with the seized marijuana.
In another case, 400 grams were seized from Ganesh in Nampally, who was arrested. Cases were filed against Hanmantu and Anil. The accused and the seized ganja were handed over to Nampally excise station for further action. LAST
Five people arrested in cyber fraud case
Malkajgiri Cyber Crime Police arrested five criminals in three separate cyber fraud cases and recovered more than ₹12 lakh through court-ordered refunds. The accused were arrested from Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Police said all three cases involved investment fraud, with the defendants providing bank accounts as “mule accounts” to receive and transfer money from victims.
In the first case, two men from Gujarat were arrested after a victim was tricked into investing in a WhatsApp stock market group through a fake trading app. Aresdiversified. The fraudsters initially allowed small withdrawals to build trust before defrauding the victim of Rs 10 lakh. Those arrested were Bala Rohan Jaysikhbhai from Surat and Jayadeep Jalarambhai Gondaliya from Rajkot.
In the second case, the victim lost more than R2.03 million after being misled by fraudsters posing as HSBC representatives on WhatsApp. He invested through a fake trading app promoted through Instagram reels. Police arrested Mukasam Kadarbin Saidbhai from Junagadh, Gujarat.
In the third case, a victim was added to a WhatsApp group posing as a financial trading platform and persuaded to invest in institutional trading and IPOs through a fake web application. He lost more than ₹2 crore. Police arrested Kandungan Kunhammed from Kannur, Kerala and Balu Deivasingamani from Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.
Police advised the public not to trust investment offers on social media or messaging platforms and called for financial platforms to be verified by official regulators before investing.
NIA sends notice to those attending Maoist funeral
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued notices to many people who attended the funeral of Maoist leader K. Ramachandra Reddy last year. According to PTI, at least seven people, including a lawyer, were asked to attend and address the meeting held during K Ramachandra Reddy’s funeral in October last year.
Ramachandra Reddy, a member of the Maoist central committee, was killed during an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh in September last year. His body was buried on October 18 in his hometown, the village of Siddipet district.
In connection with the statements made during the funeral meeting, the NIA had earlier arrested a 64-year-old activist and former Naxalite, Gade Inna Reddy, alias Gade Innaiah, alleging that her speech amounted to supporting and promoting the banned organisation, PTI reported. It was reported that those who were notified were asked to be interrogated later this month.
ACB conducts surprise checks in Serilingampally
Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday conducted surprise checks at the office of deputy commissioner Serilingampally in Cyberabad Municipal Corporation to verify records, financial transactions, pending applications and general functioning of the office.
The checks were made based on reliable information. On December 2, 2025, Serilingampally Circle‑20 was reorganized from GHMC and brought under Cyberabad Municipal Corporation and renamed Circle‑49.
Since the reorganization process is still ongoing, records prior to December 2 were not available at the Circle-49 office. Therefore, the verification was carried out based on records available as of December 2. During the searches, ACB detected many irregularities.
285 building permit applications have been received since December 2025. Of these, 134 were approved, 21 were rejected, and the process of 63 applications continues. Others are at different stages such as deficiency notifications, fee notification and hold.
Of the applications whose review is still ongoing, 16 are pending before the department officer, 25 before the assistant urban planner (ACP) and 22 before the deputy commissioner. It was observed that 21 applications, including five pending with the ACP and 16 with the deputy commissioner, had exceeded the stipulated processing time of 21 days; This indicates delays in processing and decision-making.
In the same period, 63 complaints were received regarding unlicensed construction. In most cases, second notices were issued; However, in 14 cases, no action was taken despite the stipulated period after the second notification and the files remained pending.
It has also been observed that some unauthorized construction cases remain pending for months, and in some cases for over a year, without a final order or enforcement action.
