Hyderabad: An IPS officer, Naveen Kumar, was arrested by economic offence wing (EOW) of Hyderabad police on Wednesday, December 27, for his alleged involvement in forging documents to usurp a house belonging to a retired IAS officer.
According to complainant, retired IAS officer Bhanwar Lal, he had rented out his house to a businessman named Orsu Simbasiva Rao, 53, and his wife Roopa Dimple, 53. There had been an ongoing dispute between the complainant and his tenants since 2022, after the complainant filed a suit for eviction of the couple from the house.
It was alleged that Naveen Kumar (IPS), who is currently deputy director of Telangana State Police Academy, colluded with the couple to create fake documents of the aforementioned house with an intention to usurp it or demand money from the the complainant.
On November 17, Bhanwar Lal approached police and based on his complaint a case was filed under sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 r/w 32 IPC against the couple and the IPS officer.
While as Simbasiva and his wife were arrested on December 22 and produced before a court for judicial remand, Naveen Kumar was arrested on Wednesday.
