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Hyderabad: A gang led by a woman, who claimed to have magical powers that could multiply money and cheated people, was arrested by the Meerpet police on Friday. The six-member gang also used attention diversion tactics to fleece gullible of their money, police said, adding that Rs.1 lakh, chilli powder and other valuables together worth […]

Hyderabad: The Mangalhat police on Friday nabbed a three-member interstate attention diversion gang on charges of cheating a trader in the guise of exchanging foreign currency with Indian currency and fleecing him of Rs.1.6 lakh earlier this month. The arrested persons were Aman Khan (25), a chicken shop owner, Shaik Atif (29), a tailor and […]

Jayashankar Bhupapally: Fraudsters have used the photo of District Collector Bhavesh Mishra for the display photo (DP) of the WhatApp account and tried to cheat the officials, and others in the district recently. They have cheated District Horticulture Officer Akbar to the tune of Rs 50,000 by sending a message asking for financial help with […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad unit of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a conspiracy case against Hitech Electro Power Systems (HEPS) along with its managing director and others for allegedly cheating Canara Bank to the tune of Rs 5.03 crore. The case under Sections 120B (conspiracy) read with 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 471 (Using […]

Hyderabad: A suspect, wanted by the Cyberabad Police in a cybercrime case, was injured after he allegedly attempted to escape from custody in New Delhi on Friday. The Cyberabad Cybercrime team had gone to Delhi a few days ago after receiving info on the whereabouts of the suspect, who was allegedly involved in a Rs.38 […]

Hyderabad: A woman on Thursday approached the Banjara Hills police alleging she was cheated and raped by a man who promised to marry her. According to the police, the 38-year-old woman, a beautician, became friends with the suspect, Tamim Jalal alias Aqeel (28), about four years ago. They got close and he proposed to her. […]

Hyderabad: The Vanasthalipuram police on Thursday arrested two persons on charges of selling fake gold as pure gold at a lower rate, and recovered Rs.2 lakh from them. The arrested persons are Ch.Satyanarayana (43), an automobile mechanic and C.Vasu (34), a private employee, friends and residents of Sowbhagya Nagar in LB Nagar. Satyanarayana was earlier […]

Hyderabad: The Amangal police arrested a police constable on charges of cheating, raping and impregnating a woman police constable after promising to marry her, police said on Wednesday. The cop, Nageshwar Rao (25), a 2019 batch constable currently posted at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, and the woman, belonged to the same batch and had earlier […]

Hyderabad: The Kothur police arrested a realtor on charges of forgery and cheating people by creating fake property documents of plots and selling them, police said on Wednesday. The suspect identified as Sai Sudhakar Naidu, who allegedly floated Mary Suvarnabhoomi Real Estate Company few years ago, allegedly started cheating people. Police said that he created […]

Hyderabad: Looks like cheating in exams is not just restricted to schools and sometime even colleges. While there have been odd instances of cheating in public exams, it is not every day that someone gets caught cheating in a competitive or public exam. Cheating in these exams is a difficult task given the strictness of […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Central Crime Station police arrested five persons on charges of cheating a person of Rs 1.5 crore by fraudulently using his online payment gateway. The arrested persons were Gobind Chandra Jena (27), Bimal Prasad Samanta Ray (26), Balabadra Dash (26), Dinesh Mohanty (24) and Manoj Kumar Raut (36), all from Bhubaneswar in […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Detective Department sleuths arrested a fraudster who was involved in a cheating case. The arrested person Syed Shahed, along with his associate P Shekar Goud, had duped a person of Rs 1.10 crore on the pretext of sale of plot measuring 1,500 square yards at Banjara Hills. “Both the persons prepared forged […]

Hyderabad: A three-member gang which allegedly duped several people on the pretext of arranging jobs in the Panchayat Raj Department was caught by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North) on Saturday. Fake appointment orders, Rs 8.85 lakh and other documents were seized from the arrested. The arrested persons were identified as Arandkar Raj Kumar (42), […]

Hyderabad: The Medipally police on Tuesday arrested a lawyer on charges of grabbing land by cheating and forgery. According to the police, Shekar Yadav (45) from Chengicherla had fraudulently procured fake certificates of one Nageshwar Rao, a resident of Musheerabad, claiming that the latter died over two decades ago, even though he had died recently […]

Hyderabad: The Chandanagar police on Sunday arrested a person on charges of cheating students after promising them seats in various courses in reputed colleges. The arrested person was V Sandeep Kumar alias Abhinav Kumar (34), from Mahabubabad district, an auto-rickshaw driver, who targeted women and became their friends on Facebook. While chatting, he informed them […]

Hyderabad: A woman approached the Banjara Hills police on Tuesday alleging she was cheated and raped by a man who promised to marry her. According to the police, the 25-year-old woman became friends with the accused Konda Babu (26), while she was working at a corporate hospital. Konda Babu proposed to her to which she […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime police caught a person on charges of targeting suspended government employees posing as an official from the Secretariat and demanding money for their reinstatement. He was arrested nine times earlier, police said. B.Suresh Kumar Chary alias Nageswar Rao alias Kumar (48), a milk vendor from Banjara Hills and a native of […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Central Crime Station police arrested a person on charges of cheating youngsters after promising jobs in the Indian Railways, State Bank of India and other government departments. The suspect, Mohd Khaja Mohinuddin alias Bablu alias Naveen (39), a realtor from Khammam allegedly cheated people to the tune of Rs 94 lakh. Police […]

Hyderabad: The Marredpally police booked a case against Bhavani Chit Funds Private Limited on charges of cheating depositors. The company located in Marredpally had reportedly collected huge amounts from depositors and later shut down operations recently. On coming to know about it, several depositors visited the office of the company in the last couple of […]

He was wanted in a cheating case and absconding since five years, police said