Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police booked a case against eight educational institutions in twin cities for forging the signature of HYDRAA Commissioner AV Ranganath to get fire NoC. These fake NoCs were submitted to the Board of Intermediate for obtaining academic affiliations and operational permissions. Of the 76 education institutions, eight of them were found to have submitted fake NoCs. Based on a complaint lodged by HYDRAA Additional Director, the Lake police booked a case under Sections 337, 336(3), 340(2), 318(4) read with 3(5) of BNS. The colleges that submitted the fake NoCs were located in Tellapur, Chikkadpally, SR Nagar, Mehdipatnam and Barkatpura.