Hyderabad: The city police have booked a case against eight private junior colleges in the twin cities for allegedly forging the signature of Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner AV Ranganath on fire no-objection certificates to secure academic affiliations from the Board of Intermediate Education. Also Read Telangana CM seeks foolproof police recruitment processHYDRAA is the authority empowered to issue fire NOCs in the city. The fraud came to light after District Intermediate Education Officers of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Sangareddy forwarded 76 fire NOCs submitted by various junior colleges to HYDRAA for verification. The colleges found to have submitted forged NOCs are located in Tellapur, Chikkadpally, SR Nagar, Mehdipatnam and Barkatpura. HYDRAA has written to the concerned District Intermediate Education Officers asking them to cancel the affiliation and operating permission granted to these institutions based on the fraudulent documents.