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Five persons were arrested by the Amberpet constabulary for allegedly posing arsenic Task Force constabulary officers, kidnapping a businessman, assaulting him and extorting wealth from him astatine aggregate locations successful the city.
The arrested persons were identified arsenic Manchala Santosh Kumar, 36, Suraya Vamshi Santosh Kumar alias Santhu, 33, Chakali Srikanth alias Chinna Bomma, 24, Etikala Raghuveer, 30, and Bajandri Deva, 34. Another accused, identified arsenic Deepak, is absconding.
Police seized ₹26,500 successful cash, 5 mobile phones and a motorcycle bearing registration fig TG 08 AE 4881, collectively valued astatine astir ₹1.75 lakh.
According to the police, the lawsuit came to airy pursuing a ailment lodged by K. Hari Babu, a nonmigratory of Kukatpally engaged successful existent property business. The complainant stated that helium regularly advertised his existent property and golden concern done WhatsApp and Instagram.
On June 10, helium received a connection from an unidentified idiosyncratic expressing involvement successful purchasing gold. Following their conversation, helium was asked to conscionable astatine Golnaka successful Amberpet. When helium reached the determination connected June 11, 2 men approached him, introduced themselves arsenic Task Force constabulary officers and accused him of engagement successful a golden scam.
The duo allegedly took him to an other lane adjacent the Musi River, assaulted him and forced him to transportation ₹21,000 from his slope relationship via UPI belonging to Raghuveer.
Police said 3 much men aboriginal joined them and besides claimed to beryllium Task Force personnel. The complainant was allegedly forced to telephone the idiosyncratic who had initially contacted him. After arriving astatine the spot, the antheral claimed to beryllium a constabulary officer.
The radical allegedly assaulted the complainant, threatened to termination him and took distant his recognition card. They past transported him connected a motorcycle to a petrol station, wherever transactions worthy ₹20,640 were made utilizing the paper and currency was besides taken from him. The accused subsequently took him to a liquor outlet and allegedly utilized the recognition paper again to marque a acquisition worthy ₹3,030. The complainant aboriginal managed to flight and approached the police.
Based connected method evidence, tract enquiries and different accusation gathered during the investigation, the Amberpet transgression squad identified and apprehended the accused connected June 16. During questioning, the accused allegedly confessed to their engagement successful the crime.
