"fake-calls"

ACB has issued a statement on Friday stating that ACB officials never call public servants asking for money not to register cases against them

An unknown person has been allegedly contacting owners of various shops and asking them to pay the fee amount through PhonePe or GooglePay

The unidentified persons contacted Kamble Venkatesh of Elegaon village in Bhainsa over phone and said they had detained his daughter when she was peddling drugs. They then threatened to kill his daughter if he did not meet them within 10 minutes.

Taking to the official Telangana DGP handle on 'X' on Friday, the DGP shared a video of a scam where a fraudster falsely claimed that a man's son was jailed for rape, demanding money to resolve the issue.

Upon learning about this, a complaint has been lodged with Cyber Crime Police Station (TS Cyber Security Bureau) on the miscreants.