Published Nov 09, 2026 | 2:34 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 09, 2026 | 2:34 PM
The deceased, Chamakuri Venkateshwarlu, was a health assistant at the Shaligouraram Primary Health Centre.
Police in Nalgonda have arrested 14 people for allegedly forging a retired health assistant’s death records to land his son a government job. The accused made it appear that the man had died in service, which entitles a family to a compassionate appointment, Superintendent of Police Sharath Chandra Pawar said.
Those arrested include the son, Chamakuri Raju, 18, along with his relatives, and staff from the municipal and health departments. Two other accused are absconding.
The deceased, Chamakuri Venkateshwarlu, was a health assistant at the Shaligouraram Primary Health Centre. He retired on 31 May 2025 and died on 17 November 2025 after treatment for a kidney-related illness.
His son Raju and wife Chamakuri Vasantha were arrested on Sunday, 8 November. Police seized Rs 5 lakh in cash, 12 mobile phones, a computer, a printer and a photograph of the deceased.
The case was registered at the Nalgonda One Town Police Station on 4 November based on a complaint by B Vamshi Krishna, the Municipal Commissioner and Birth and Death Registrar.
According to the FIR, the municipal corporation registered Venkateshwarlu’s death on 10 March 2026 on an application by Vasantha and allegedly wrongly listed 28 May 2025, instead of 17 November 2025, as the day he died.
The FIR says later verification indicated that the death occurred outside the corporation’s limits, though the application gave a Nalgonda residence, and that address details were changed through Meeseva correction requests on 11 and 13 March. It named Vasantha and the three witnesses who signed her supporting declaration, K Sathish, Nakerakanti Saidulu Goud and Nakerakanti Ashok, as accused. Police have added two more people to the list of accused, taking the total to 16.
Police have booked the accused under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 61(2), 212(a), 236 and 237 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 25 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. The SP said they altered Aadhaar address details, obtained a forged death certificate and fabricated records for the appointment, allegedly through a Rs 13 lakh deal.
Dr Akula Krishna Surya Shilpa, the Shaligouraram medical officer who allegedly forwarded the file, is also listed as an accused and has since been suspended.
(With inputs from Sreshta Ladegam. Edited by R Rajesh Kumar.)
