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Two persons were arrested by the Sultan Bazar constabulary connected charges of cheating aggregate victims by promising authorities double-bedroom lodging successful Hyderabad utilizing forged documents.
The accused were identified arsenic Usikela Vijay, 35, a concern postulation cause from Nizamabad, and Ambam Murali, 54, an electrician, besides from Nizamabad. Police said the duo targeted unsuspecting individuals by falsely claiming they could unafraid authorities 2BHK houses successful and astir Hyderabad.
Investigations revealed that Vijay would attack victims astatine assemblage gatherings and present Murali arsenic an adjunct manager with the Telangana State Housing Corporation. Posing arsenic politically influential intermediaries, the 2 collected ample sums of wealth successful currency and done online transfers, promising aboriginal allotment of double-bedroom houses.
The lawsuit came to airy pursuing a ailment lodged connected September 11 by S. Saraswathi, a societal idiosyncratic from Koti. She told constabulary that Vijay met her astatine a Mudiraj assemblage lawsuit astatine Gunfoundry and claimed to person adjacent links with politicians and elder officials. The accused aboriginal handed implicit fabricated 2BHK allotment letters bearing forged signatures of authorities officials and counterfeit seals and stamps.
Police said astatine slightest 19 people, including the complainant, were cheated of astir ₹39 lakh. A lawsuit was registered astatine Sultan Bazar constabulary presumption nether sections related to transgression breach of trust, cheating and forgery, and an probe led to the apprehension of the accused.
Officials said preliminary enquiries suggest the duo whitethorn person committed akin offences successful different parts of Hyderabad and elsewhere. The accused are apt to beryllium taken into constabulary custody for further interrogation to hint further victims and found their engagement successful different cases.
