Special Investigative Feature by global 360tv,
In Collaboration with Forum for Anti-Corruption and Human Rights
Shadow Over Nagole: How a ₹1,000-Crore Forest Land ‘Vanished’ into Real Estate Concrete
HYDERABAD, March 15, 2026:
Beneath the gleaming blueprints of the “Namishree Aria” luxury project in Tatti Annaram lies a sprawling web of forgery, administrative collusion, and a brazen land grab estimated to be worth over ₹1,000 crore. An investigation by Bharatha Sakthi reveals that while the project claims legitimacy on paper, its physical foundations are allegedly sunk deep into protected government forest land.
The Geography of Deceit:
The technical heart of the scam lies in a classic “switch-and-grab” maneuver. The developer, Namishree (also referred to as Samishree), secured HMDA building permissions for Survey No. 121, covering approximately 24,827 square meters. However, official records indicate that the available land in that survey number is a mere 2 acres and 35 guntas.
To bridge this massive deficit, the developers allegedly annexed:
4 Acres from Survey No. 117/6 (Classified Forest Land).
2 Acres from Survey No. 122.
By utilizing forged revenue sketches, the “Real Estate Mafia” successfully misled—or more likely, compromised—the HMDA Town Planning and Revenue officials to secure permissions on land they did not legally own.
Project Red Flags:
RERA Registration: 02400061375
HMDA Permission: 001610/BP/HMDA/0341/g1/GHT/2023
Administrative Paralysis or Collusion?
Despite a formal FIR being lodged at the Ibrahimpatnam Police Station against key individuals (C. Amarender Reddy and P. Dharmaveer Reddy) for forgery following an RDO inquiry, construction remains at full throttle.
The Forum for Anti-Corruption and Human Rights submitted comprehensive evidence to the HMDA Commissioner and District Collector as early as June 2025. Yet, a year later, the silence from the executive wing is deafening. Questions are now being raised regarding the roles of:
Nagole Circle Commissioner Ravinder Reddy
Town Planning Officer Madhu
LB Nagar Zonal Commissioner Hemant Keshava Patil
Sources suggest that the “questionable silence” of these officials, along with the Saroornagar Sub-Registrar’s office, may be lubricated by significant “monetary inducements,” allowing the illegal registration of flats to continue unabated.
Middle-Class Dreams at Risk
The human cost of this institutional failure is staggering. Hundreds of crores in bank loans have already been sanctioned, and middle-class buyers have poured their life savings into advance payments. If the state eventually cancels these fraudulent permissions—a move necessitated by the encroachment on forest land—thousands of families face financial ruin.
A Call for High-Level Intervention
The investigation demands immediate scrutiny from Malkajgiri Commissioner Vinay Krishna Reddy and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who also holds the Municipal Administration portfolio. The state’s specialized wings—Vigilance, ACB, and RERA—have so far remained spectators to a crime occurring in broad daylight.
As the “fence eats the crop,” the credibility of Hyderabad’s urban governance hangs in the balance.
