Hyderabad: The Central Crime Station (CCS) of Hyderabad Police’s Detective Department has arrested an alleged fraudster who had been absconding since 2021 for impersonating a senior Andhra Pradesh police official and allegedly duping several people by promising hefty returns on investments.
The accused, 40-year-old Konduru Reddy Venkat Raju, aka DSP Raju, hails from the Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh. He is already involved in two cases in Andhra Pradesh and one in Hyderabad’s Tukaramgate police station, said the police.
Police said the fraud was orchestrated by a gang of cheats, with Raju allegedly posing as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district. Using the false identity, he is accused of luring several people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh into investing in non-existent ventures.
‘Notorious cheat’
To gain the victims’ confidence, the gang allegedly offered property documents as security and issued post-dated cheques. On failure to repay the amounts, they allegedly threatened the victims by claiming to be encounter specialists, the police said. In this particular case, the complainant was duped of Rs 1.20 crore. This case was filed under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonesty), and 70 (personating a public servant), read with 34 (common intention), of the then IPC.
Raju had a case in 2021 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, under Sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonesty) read with 34 (common intention) of the then IPC.
Another case against him is in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, under Sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and 170 (personating a public servant) read with 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) of the then IPC.
Yet another case, in Telangana, against Raju is filed under Sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 468 (forgery), and 471 (forged documents) read with 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of the then IPC.
