Nine arrested in Hyderabad for fabricating vehicle insurance policies; racket active since 2020
The Hindu
Nine arrested in Hyderabad for operating a fake motor insurance racket in the city, with ₹91 lakh in 441 fake policies seized.
Nine individuals were arrested while fabricating motor insurance certificates in the names of established insurers using sophisticated digital manipulation in a series of raids in Jeedimetla on Friday (February 27, 2026), leading to the unravelling of yet another fake vehicle insurance policy racket in Hyderabad.
The accused were identified as 52-year-old Shiva Kumar, a realtor from Renuka Nagar, Neredmet; 32-year-old Ragula Ravi, an insurance agent associated with Renewbuy; 35-year-old Shamantha Kurthi Manikya Rao alias Chanti, a PUC mobile vehicle supervisor; 38-year-old Kotha Babu Rao alias Babu, a private RTA agent in Medchal; 30-year-old Ragula Mahesh, a driver; 23-year-oldTadakala Giridhar Goud, a PUC mobile vehicle operator; 35-year-old Mora Narasimha, a driver; 48-year-old Kundamgari Nagaraju, a driver; and 36-year-old Jerpula Kishan, a driver. All the accused are from Shamirpet, Jeedimetla and Alwal areas.
The racket was operated from Giridhar Goud’s residence in NLB Nagar, Shapur Nagar, Jeedimetla. Ravi, Shiva Kumar and Manikya Rao were responsible for creating forged insurance documents, while the remaining accused acted as agents by sourcing customers and supplying fake policies to them for a fee, sharing commissions among themselves.
The case came to light following a complaint by IndusInd General Insurance Co. Ltd. based in Secunderabad.
During the raid, police seized 441 fake vehicle insurance certificates issued in the names of leading insurers including HDFC, Royal Sundaram, Bajaj Allianz, Kotak and Reliance. The total premium amount reflected on the forged policies stood at ₹91,74,686. Officers also recovered 15 rubber stamps bearing the names of various insurance companies, a laptop, two CPUs with monitors, a printer and 10 mobile phones allegedly used to generate and circulate the fabricated documents.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the racket was active since 2020 and was booked in four cases in Hyderabad and Karimnagar, with a common pattern emerging in each instance, when accident claim cases were scrutinised.
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