Hyderabad, June 30 -- The merchant of death who minted money by selling polluted water drawn from the illegal borewells dug inside the Full-Tank Level (FTL) of Sunnam Cheruvu in Borabanda was arrested on Sunday night, June 29.

Madhapur police arrested Venkatesh, who has been running a syndicate of water tankers by digging borewells inside the lake, and supplying polluted water containing metals like cadmium and nickel to hostels and apartments in the nearby areas.

The police also seized lakhs from the shed built illegally by Venkatesh inside the FTL, where he allegedly organised alcohol parties for the locals for Rs 70,000.

Venkatesh was the same person who had enacted a suicide drama last year by dousing himself in petrol, when the Hy...