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In an incidental that shocked the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), a idiosyncratic attempted to get the coveted ‘Suprabhatham’ tickets astatine Tirumala Sri Venkateswara temple by claiming to beryllium an authoritative astatine the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Identifying himself arsenic Dr. P. Rama Rao from the PMO, helium claimed to beryllium a Deputy Secretary successful the South Block, New Delhi, portion addressing a missive to the past Executive Officer J. Syamala Rao connected May 1, seeking 10 Suprabhatham tickets and 3 air-conditioned rooms for enactment astatine Tirumala connected May 10.
Finding thing amiss, the TTD authorities contacted the PMO, lone to beryllium told that nary authoritative with that sanction was ever associated with the precocious office.
Taking a superior enactment of the development, A.K. Sharma, Assistant Director astatine the PMO lodged a ailment with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seeking enactment against the ‘self-styled PMO official’.
The CBI successful crook registered a lawsuit with FIR Number RC 0482025 S 0009 dated October 2 against Rama Rao nether Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3) and 340(2) of BNS for cheating, personation, and besides nether Section 66D of IT Act (cheating utilizing a machine source), a transcript of which is disposable with The Hindu.
Interestingly, TTD is not the archetypal instauration that Rama Rao had ever attempted to cheat. In the past, helium was learnt to person identified himself arsenic C. Sridhar, Joint Secretary to the PM to question admittance successful a Pune-based university. Similarly, helium had besides duped the Mysuru Tahsildar portion seeking entree to immoderate land-related documents.
