Bhu Bharati mess: Operator among 4 held for mutation fraud in new realty hotspot | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: In a first, four persons, including a Bhu Bharati operator, involved in an alleged illegal land transaction related to a three-acre land parcel, worth over Rs 90 cr, in new realty hotspot Kollur in violation of the Bhu Bharati Act 2025, have been arrested by Crime Investigation Department (CID) officers. The accused were remanded in judicial custody and lodged at the Sangareddy jail on Saturday.This is the first arrest made by police after govt ordered a probe into the BRS-initiated Dharani and Congress-introduced Bhu Bharati Act, both for maintaining land records. In July, govt had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), drawing officers from different departments and led by director general of police-rank officer Charu Sinha.The four persons — Dade Shiva, Mangali Rajender, Dade Pavan Kalyan and A Mahesh — were arrested in a case registered in July by the RC Puram police in Sangareddy district. In a complaint to police, Ramachandrapuram tahsildar claimed that while she was verifying the Bhu Bharati operator’s login, she found irregularities in a mutation transaction.‘‘On verification, it was noticed that three acres in Kollur village, which was previously recorded in the name of a person, was mutated in favour of B Vinod Kumar by mentioning a registered document. It is submitted that the mutation application was never reflected in any of the mutation modules or workflow available to this office prior to June 27, 2026,’’ the complaint stated.She claimed that no application was filed by Vinod Kumar at her office seeking scrutiny. “No field enquiry was conducted, no mutation proposal was prepared, no recommendation was submitted by this office and no approval was accorded by the undersigned,’’ the complainant said.Police said that as per the Bhu Bharati Act, 2025, the revenue divisional officer (RDO) is the authorising authority for mutation. The tahsildar office suspected that the Bhu Bharati portal was hacked and revenue records were altered and the illegal entry was made.After conducting the probe, CID officials arrested four persons, including the Bhu Bharati operator. Meanwhile, it is learnt that police have registered similar cases in other districts too. CID officials were tight-lipped about the case details and claimed that they plan to share the full details in the next few days.The four arrested accused were booked under Sections 318(4) (Cheating), 335 (Making a false document), 336(2) (Forgery), (3), 337 (Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc), 338 (Forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 340(2) (Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine), 61(2) (Criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and for the violation of the Information Technology Act.