Hyderabad, Aug. 7 -- A Hyderabad resident who won the My Home Bhooja Ganesh laddu auction for a record Rs 51.77 lakh has been booked for allegedly duping the apartment complex occupants of Rs 3.45 crore.

A case was registered at the Cyberabad Economic Offences Wing (EOW) after residents of the premium Madhapur apartment lodged a complaint alleging that Kondapalli Ganesh and his associate Boyinpally Kiran duped them with high returns in his real estate and liquor businesses.

Ganesh and Kiran persuaded several residents to invest large sums, according to a complaint by Silviya Srinivas Reddy. Reddy's family invested Rs 11 lakh, with Botsa Appala Naidu, C Srikrupa, G Naga Harish, Samudrala Ravi Shankar, and Samudrala Saritha giving additio...