# Real estate businessman held for passports under fake identities 2026-08-15T20:09:03+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Gachibowli police have arrested Mothukupalli Lakshmikant Reddy, 55, a real estate businessman, for allegedly obtaining at least five Indian passports since 1997 under different names and dates of birth. He had travelled to 46 countries using the passports. The fraud was uncovered by the US Consulate in Hyderabad in December 2025 during a visa application, where he used names including Muddannolla Lakshmikant and Medha Prasoon Kumar Reddy. The consulate lodged a complaint in March 2026. Police said a residence certificate used for one passport was fake. Police seized forged documents, an iPhone, and an iPad. Reddy was produced before a magistrate for judicial remand. A special team from IT, cybercrime, and detective departments is investigating. Police will seek his custody to probe the role of travel agents who helped obtain multiple passports. ## Coverage - deccanchronicle.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-15T23:22:12+00:00. Tags: Gachibowli, Mothukupalli Lakshmikant Reddy, US Consulate-General Hyderabad Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/hyderabad-man-held-for-multiple-indian-passports-with-different-names/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/hyderabad-man-held-for-multiple-indian-passports-with-different-names/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/