Hyderabad, Sept. 26: A fraudster pretending to be Burugupudi MLA, Mr Chittori Ravindra, cheated the panchayatraj minister, Mr J.C. Diwakar Reddy, of Rs 50,000 and the Nalgonda MLA, Mr Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, of around Rs 40,000. Central Crime Station sleuths registered a case of cheating as per the complaint lodged by Mr V. Haranath, additional private secretary of Mr Diwakar Reddy.
According to the complainant, a person claiming to be Mr Ravindra called the minister on September 9 at around 7 pm from the number 9704646892 and requested him to immediately transfer Rs 50,000 to his account to help his daughter pay her exam fee.
The man claimed that his daughter, who was studying in Mumbai, had lost all her money and would not be able to write her exams. On the minister’s instruction, Mr Haranath then transferred the money online to the account of one Ram Prasad Viswanath through ICICI Bank Khairatabad.
"The person then called me and asked me the details of the minister’s account number so that he could repay the money," said the private secretary. However, the minister realised he had been fooled when Mr Ravindra visited him 15 days later. The MLA said he had not called the minister and also added that he had no daughter.
The fraudster also duped the Nalgonda MLA and two senior employees of Mahindra and Mahindra in using the same modus operandi. Police is investigating the case.
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