Ahmad ran parallel court in Jeedimetla
Accused Abdul Khaza Khan (blue shirt) who was one of the followers of the main accused M.D. Sadath Ahmad (white shirt) assaults him during a press conference at the Jeedimetla police station on Wednesday. (Photo: DC/File)
Hyderabad: A fraudster who claimed to be the president of the ‘Anti Corruption Brigade, and International Human Rights Organisation’ extorted crores from several people in Jeedimetla and surrounding areas.
Mohammed Sadath Ahmad, a resident of Saibaba Nagar, ran a ‘parallel court’ with his associates settling land disputes, family disputes, divorce cases and other issues in the area.
His gang threatened people, extorted crores and grabbed lands from several victims. He even sold the posts of his ‘organisation’ to people for lakhs and made them extort money from people.
Cyberabad police arrested the fraudster and his gang after some victims approached the cops. Police registered seven cases against him and issued seven FIRs against him and the gang for extortion, criminal intimidation, land grabbing, forgery, wrongful restraint and criminal trespass.
The accused had put up a board in front of his office describing himself as the 'Chairman of the AP National Security and Anti-Corruption Crime Preventive Brigade'. Another board said he was the President of International Human Rights Organisations (affiliated to UN).
DCP A.R. Srinivas said the gang used to target gullible victims and extorted lakhs from them. "There are several victims in the case and he must have made crores. We have booked cases as per the complaints of victims who came to us," he said.
When a party approaches him with complaints regarding land or family he would meet the opposite party threaten him to kill or ruin his life and seek money from both parties to solve the issues.
In divorce cases also he threatens the husband or wife to agree to the spouse's terms. He will collect his 'fees' and extort money from them.
"He also recruited people for the posts of 'Secretery, treasurer, and others for money. He took Rs 50,000 to 1 lakh from them, which prompted them to extort money from the victims," said the DCP.
For at least four years, the accused successfully conducted his court before landing in police custody. He bought luxury cars like Honda CRV and Skoda with the money. Police have recovered the property.
Cops used to salute Ahmad:
The Jeedimetla human rights fraudster Mohammed Sadath Ahmad used to move around in a Honda CRV car with a convoy, and his vehicle number plate has a star in order to show that he holds a distinguished position in an international organisation. He used to move around with more than 10 associates, most of them henchmen.
With his victims, he used to walk into the local police station and government offices to show off his influence. Cops and officials stood up and saluted him whenever he visited them. His house was impressive. It had several CCTV cameras and guards.
With this impressive set up the fraudster could even dupe educated people. The police said that Sadath slowly grew with a cunning plan. “He made contacts in Dundigal police station and with GHMC officials by bribing them,” said an official from the probe team.
Sadath talked freely to police officials before his victims and showed them that he has immense power. As Dundigal police was not doing much against him cops from a neighboring police station started an investigation based on complaints and then, everything fell apart for Sadath and finally he landed in jail.
Extortions rise in the name of human rights:
Extortionists operating under the cover of human rights organisations are increasing in the city. Many frauds are now engaged in blackmailing and extortion under the cover of rights organisations.
The case of Md. Sadath Ahmed, who claimed to be the chairman of the AP National Security and Anti-Corruption Crime Preventive Brigade, and was arrested by the police for alleged involvement in cheating cases, has cast a shadow on the credibility of human rights organisations.
Sadath Ahmed has already cheated several people including women under cover of his rights organisation. Sources said that he was running his office in Sangareddy with the help of his brother Nazeer. Police said that he is running one more similar organisation with a different name at Towli Chowki and that they are probing it if people have been cheated there.
Ahmed used to maintain bouncers on certain occasions to impress the public and used to move around in a convoy, said an official probing the case.
Sadath Ahmed is not alone in cheating people using a human rights front. Recently another person named Mohd. Azhar Mohiuddin alias Yamin, who was posing himself as the convener of the Telangana State Human Rights Organisation, was arrested by the Saifabad police for alleged involvement in a robbery case along with four others on October 18 this year.
Azhar, who is a resident of Jagathgirigutta in Kukatpally, was part of the five member pseudo police gang involved in the 8-kg gold robbery case in Saifabad.
Now bonafide activists who champion human rights are worried that their name and work are getting spoiled by cheaters. They said that some police officials were encouraging such people to become middlemen for brokering their corruption, and using this the fraudsters are engaging in criminal activities.
"Bonafide human rights activists are not allowed to work, are falsely implicated in cases or are arrested whenever they raise their voice, while fraudsters are taking advantage of rights organisations," said advocate and civil liberties activist V. Raghunath. He added people must be cautious about such fake organisations.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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