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A antheral accused of duping devotees by posing arsenic a Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) worker and promising peculiar darshan tickets was connected Thursday arrested by the Tirumala II Town police.
The accused, identified arsenic 33-year-old Bodapati Naveen Chowdary of Lingangunta colony successful Palnadu district, allegedly utilized societal media platforms and telephone calls to lure devotees by claiming that helium could put Srivani darshan tickets and accommodation nether TTD employees’ quota.
Police said the accused reportedly cheated a Hyderabad-based pistillate worker of a starring Telugu tv web and collected ₹65,000 successful phases for six darshan tickets that were ne'er issued. The magnitude included ₹47,000 transferred done UPI and ₹18,000 collected successful currency aft the victims arrived astatine Tirumala.
Acting connected a complaint, a peculiar constabulary squad tracked down the accused and arrested him successful Palnadu district. The constabulary recovered ₹45,000 successful cash, a mobile telephone and slope passbooks from his possession. Inquiries besides revealed that 4 cheating cases were registered against the accused successful assorted districts successful the State.
