A growing trend of selling houses and plots through lucky draws in Telangana has taken a darker turn in Khammam. Police arrested Alasyam Vinay Kumar and 13 associates for running an unauthorised lottery scheme, offering a plot as a prize without permission.

Khammam: Selling houses and house plots through lucky draw has become the latest trend in Telangana as individuals raffle their property amid the slump in real estate sales across the State.

It might be noted that such incidents were reported at Huzurnagar in Suryapet district, Choutuppal in Yadadri-Bhongir district, in Nalgonda town, Narsampet in Warangal district and other places with land owners hitting jackpots through lottery ticket sales.

An individual Shankar of Shankarpally in Sangareddy district even won a 66-yard plot, whi

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