Hyderabad, Aug. 27 -- Eight criminals involved in a Rs 5 crore land scam were arrested by the Rachakonda Special Operations Team (SOT) Bhongir, in collaboration with the Keesara police.

The accused, as per the police, were jointly marking empty open plots without fencing or boundary in Rampally village of Keesara mandal and forging documents to pose as owners. They tried selling the lands to innocent buyers.

According to reliable sources, the police arrested the main accused, Beegudem Aravind, Sampangi Suresh, and Eega Hari Prasad from their houses in Rampally on August 26.

Later, five other accused, Somnath, Nagendra Prasad, Mir Mohammed Hussain, Yamjala Shekar, and Vanaja, were also arrested on their confession. A few others, such as...