Hyderabad, June 13 -- The Attapur police have busted a gang allegedly involved in forging documents under the State government's Shaadi Mubarak welfare scheme and fraudulently obtaining benefits worth around Rs. 21 lakh.

The arrested persons are - Mohammed Etemaad Ul Haq (25), Mohammed Akbar (20), Syed Musharaf Uddin (23), Mohammed Sarfaraz (26), Mohammed Jaffer (23) and Dharavath Ashok Kiran (32).

All six accused have been arrested and are being produced before a court.

According to police, the operation was carried out on June 12 following credible information that a group led by Mohammed Etemaad was preparing fake applications and supporting documents at a house in Fatima Colony, Hassan Nagar. The forged documents were allegedly bei...