Police in Siddipet have caught two cyber fraudsters who were cheating Mee Seva Centre owners by pretending to be police officers and demanding money. They managed to take Rs.25,000 from one Mee Seva Centre and Rs.20,000 from another before being caught. The gang was asking Mee Seva owners to transfer money into another Mee Seva Centre or petrol station from where they collected it. After receiving several complaints, a team led by Gajwel ACP Ramesh, Gajwel Rural CI Rajashekhar Reddy and Dubbaka Inspector Krishna was deployed to crack the case. They arrested the accused, identified as Katkuri Sai Sharath Reddy (28) and MD Naveed (27), both residents of Suryapet town.
Sai Sharath had previously been jailed in 2018 for cheating people by offering them jobs with an ecommerce portal. After being released, he formed a gang with Naveed, Akula Kiran, Keshavarapu Shiva Sai, Garlapati Sumanth, P Ranadheer and Madhu. The remaining five accused are still at large. The gang had been involved in similar cases in Kalwakurthy, Khammam, Yellareddy, Bodhan and other places. A case has been registered and efforts are on to catch the other culprits.
