Cyber fraudsters dupe Polavaram MLA, siphon off ₹12 lakh

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Cyber fraudsters duped Polavaram MLA Chirri Balaraju and withdrew ₹12 lakh from his slope relationship successful Eluru district.

Acting connected a complaint, the Jeelugumilli constabulary successful Eluru territory registered a lawsuit connected Sunday and began an investigation. The fraudsters allegedly sent a nexus to the MLA’s mobile telephone connected the pretext of a challan. “When Mr. Balaraju clicked the link, the magnitude was withdrawn from his slope relationship wrong minutes,” the constabulary said.

Speaking to The Hindu, Polavaram Deputy Superintendent of Police M. Venkateswara Rao said that, based connected the MLA’s complaint, the Jeelugumilli constabulary on with the cybercrime helping had launched a probe. “We are trying to hint the root relationship from which the magnitude was withdrawn and place the beneficiary accounts to which the wealth was transferred,” a cybercrime constabulary serviceman said.

Published - March 22, 2026 10:07 p.m. IST

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