Woman, man held for duping youngster of Rs 85,000 in Mancherial

Boddireddy Mounika, and her friend Shanigarapu Madhukar were arrested on the charges of duping a youngster after honeytrapping him in Mandamarri on Thursday.

Mancherial: A woman and man were arrested on the charges of duping a youngster after honeytrapping him in Mandamarri on Thursday.

Mandamarri Inspector Shashidhar Reddy said that Boddireddy Mounika, a resident of Guntur of Andhra Pradesh and hailing from Veenavanka in Karimnagar district, and her friend Shanigarapu Madhukar from Veenavanka were the arrested persons.

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Mounika reportedly confessed to extracting Rs 85,000 from a youngster from Yapal in Mandamarri in a phased manner under the pretext of medical emergencies.

She admitted to befriending the youngster, when he contacted her after receiving a call from an unknown phone number in March. Madhukar revealed that he threatened to lodge a complaint with police for speaking to the woman.

Bellampalli ACP Ravi Kumar commended the Inspector, Sub-Inspector Rajashekhar, head constable Ajay and woman home guard Uma for nabbing the two.