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Six individuals were arrested by the Meerpet constabulary for impersonating constabulary officers and extorting wealth from a atom trader by falsely claiming that his consignment was illegal.
The accused were identified arsenic 26-year-old Aekka Sandeep Kumar, a operator from Uppuguda; 35-year-old Devara Shetti Girish, a backstage worker from Meerpet; 24-year-old Beeram Shiva Reddy, employed astatine a telephone centre successful Uppal; 30-year-old Rakesh Singh, an car parts salesman from Uppuguda; 24-year-old Gantala Sai Ram Reddy, a pupil of Acharya Nagarjuna College successful Guntur; and 24-year-old Kakarla Pavan Sai, a lawsuit work enforcement moving successful Adibatla. Police said different accused, identified arsenic Anand, is absconding.
The accused intercepted a lorry transporting atom adjacent the Patancheru ORR Exit connected Monday (May 18, 2026) and introduced themselves arsenic SOT officers earlier threatening the operator and demanding money.
The lawsuit came into airy pursuing a ailment by Mohammed Afroz, a atom trader, stated that his operator was transporting a atom load to Udgir successful Maharashtra erstwhile 4 persons travelling successful a car stopped the conveyance astir 3.30 a.m. The accused threatened the driver, claiming the atom consignment was illegal, and aboriginal demanded ₹6 lakh from the complainant implicit the phone.
The constabulary said the accused yet agreed to settee the substance for ₹1.6 lakh, pursuing which the complainant transferred ₹80,000 done a UPI app from 2 antithetic accounts to a mobile fig operated by 1 of the accused.
The complainant aboriginal suspected that the men were not genuine constabulary officers. When helium reached a determination adjacent TKR College successful Meerpet aft being called determination by the accused, 1 of them introduced himself nether a mendacious individuality earlier fleeing from the spot. Based connected the complaint, the Meerpet constabulary registered a lawsuit and initiated a probe.
The constabulary seized ₹80,000 successful cash, 7 mobile phones and a car utilized successful the offence. The arrested accused were produced earlier the tribunal and remanded to judicial custody, portion efforts are underway to hint the absconding accused, Anand.
Investigators said the premier accused, Sandeep Kumar, was besides progressive successful respective erstwhile cheating and Essential Commodities Act cases registered successful Telangana.
