Hyderabad, March 29 -- Hyderabad IT officials have exposed Pallapu Suresh Kumar, popularly known as 'Old City Gold Man Surya Bhai', after the heavy gold jewellery he wore was found to be allegedly fake.

This revelation came to light when Konda Vijay Kumar, alias 'Bangaru Babu,' was detained at the Delhi airport for carrying 2 kg of gold. Officials seized 1.4 kg of ornaments worth Rs 2.3 crore when he failed to provide a satisfactory answer.

Investigation into Konda Vijay Kumar led them to 37-year-old Surya Bhai, a resident of Attapur, who was asked to appear for questioning on Friday, March 27.

He appeared wearing 12 gold jewellery ornaments, claiming it was worth Rs 1 crore.

However, during the course of interrogation, the value drop...