Overview
- Film Nagar Police apprehended Bathini Shashikanth, 39, on November 26 from a temporary residence in Shaikpet.
- Investigators allege he posed as a Deputy Commissioner in the Mines Department or as IPS and NIA officers for more than two years to cheat citizens.
- Seizures included two mobile phones, six SIM cards, two walkie-talkies and a fake identity card, with a forged TSIIC land-allotment letter cited in the scheme.
- Complainant Ali Hassan, managing director of Gold Gym, reported a loss of Rs 10,50,665 after being promised help securing industrial land.
- Two associates, Praveen and Vimal, remain absconding; police booked the accused under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections and urged other potential victims to report.