Hyderabad: Hyderabad Cricket Association President A Jagan Mohan Rao and five others were arrested by CID on Thursday. The CID arrested him as A1 in cases relating to forgery, intimidation of Sunrisers Hyderabad and on other charges.

According to the CID press release, this is a case of forgery of the documents for the purpose of cheating and misappropriation of funds with criminal breach of trust by the accused office bearers of HCA.

Based on the complaint of Dharam Guruva Reddy, General Secretary, Telangana Cricket Association, Hyderabad, a criminal case was registered in February, 2025 under sections 465, 468, 471, 403, 409, 420 r/w 34 IPC of CID on June 9, 2025.

CID officers investigation revealed that the accused A Jagan Mohan Rao, in collusion with C Rajender Yadav and his wife G Kavitha, created forged documents of Sri Chakra Cricket Club which was called as Gowlipura Cricket Club, by forging the signature of the Gowlipura Cricket Club President C Krishna Yadav, CID said in its press release.

These forged documents were used as genuine, enabling A Jagan Mohan Rao to dishonestly gain entry into HCA as President, the CID said. Further, Jagan Mohan Rao colluding with the accused persons CJ Srinivas Rao, treasurer and Sunil Kante, CEO of HCA and others with malafide intention, criminal breach of trust, misappropriated the public funds, wrongfully restraint IPL SRH officials including claims of intimidation, blackmail over complimentary tickets and access to corporate boxes and threatened with dire consequences.

The CID arrested A Jagan Mohan Rao (president of HCA), JS Srinivasa Rao (treasurer of HCA), Sunil Kante (CEO of HCA), Rajendra Yadav (general secretary of Sri Chakra Cricket Club), and G Kavitha (president of Sri Chakra Cricket Club) on Wednesday.

Earlier, the Vigilance department conducted a probe into the allegations and submitted a report to the Government on the irregularities in ticket distribution during the 2025 IPL season.