Hyderabad, April 16 -- Congress leader and Telangana Foods chairperson MA Faheem has been accused of using the Hyderabad Disaster Response Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency's (HYDRAA) name to harass and reportedly extort money. However, Faheem has denied the claims.

The controversy comes at a time when HYDRAA has been going after people involved in illegal encroachment of lakes and public properties in Hyderabad.

HYDRAA steps in after Ameenpur residents raise alarm

On Tuesday, April 16, HYDRAA commissioner AV Ranganath shared a news report from a web media outlet claiming that MA Faheem had been harassing the residents of Ameenpur, demanding they pay him crores, failing which he reportedly threatened to 'unleash' HYDRAA on them....