Indian domestic cricket has once again had a bad image, all thanks to the best brass of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). The state organization participated in some of the shocking controversies of counterfeiting of the history of Indian cricket.
On Wednesday, July 9, three senior officials of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and two others were arrested for false, cheating and finance accusations of diversion. Among the people arrested are the president of the HCA, A. Jagan Mohan Rao, the treasurer CJ Srinivas Rao and the CEO Suneel Kante.
The senior officials of the Hyderabad Cricket Association were arrested in a case of fraud of 2.32 crore ₹
In addition, the two senior officials of a private cricket club in Hyderabad were also placed in police custody. Another senior official of the Hyderabad cricket association is the subject of an investigation and could be arrested soon. They were arrested by Telangana police after Dharam Gurava Reddy, secretary general of Telangana Cricket Association (TCA), filed an official complaint on June 9, 2025.
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Following the FIR by Reddy, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) launched a criminal case under several serious sections of the Indian Criminal Code, including counterfeiting, criminal violation of confidence and cheating. The costs include the use of false documents, the flight of funds and the improper use of power for personal purposes.
The sources have indicated that the conclusions of a vigilance and application report, which revealed shocking details, in particular how the officials of the Hyderabad Cricket Association would have harassed the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for free tickets during IPL 2025, were taken into account by the CID.
The president of HCA used forged club papers to win the elections: CID
One of the biggest allegations is that Jagan Mohan Rao submitted a falsified document to contest the HCA elections. Even the investigators suspect that Rao and other high -level members of the HCA APEX Council were involved in improper use of an amazing crore of 2.32 crores of the association’s funds.
During their investigation, CID officials found that Jagan Mohan Rao had used a false member of the Cricket club to contest the elections of the Hyderabad Cricket Association 2023. He claimed to be a member of the Srichakra Cricket Club, which was previously known as Gowlipura Cricket Club, but the documents proved to be forged. He was a member of this local club.
A CID official was quoted by the Times of India: “Rao provided a forged subscription to the Gowlipura Cricket Club (rearched as Srichakra Cricket Club) to go to the elections and won.”
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GOWLIPURA club officials held in the HCA elections scam
Meanwhile, the CID arrested the president of Gowlipura Cricket Club, G. Kavita, and her husband, Rajender Yadav, secretary general of the club, for having helped the president of the AHC to commit electoral fraud. CID officials also said that Rao, as well as Srinivas and Kante, have misused the association’s funds under the pretext of official work.
Rao was arrested in his home in Gachibowli, Srinivas de Padma Rao Nagar and Kante de Begumpet on Wednesday evening. Later, Kavita and Rajender Yadav were also placed in police custody. Family members were shown official arrest notices during the operation.
The request of the president of HCA aroused the indignation of the SRH in IPL 2025
In particular, the Hyderabad Cricket Association was faced with strong criticisms during the recent IPL 2025 for having demanded additional additional pass. Things took a serious turn when Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) accused HCA of having mistreated their team and even threatened to leave the city.
The SRH and HCA had an agreement of 3,900 free passes per match, but the president would have asked for 20 others. The situation worsened before the SRH IPL 2025 match against the Super Giants of Lucknow (LSG), when the VIP box for LSG owners would have been locked by the HCA president a few hours before the match, and they returned his public act.