Former Sunrisers Hyderabad player was doing recovery in the name of Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, duped of crores
Officials of a chain of shops selling electronics goods lodged a police complaint in January after learning that they had been duped, following which the cyber unit of the Mumbai Police began an investigation.
The Mumbai Police has arrested a player of the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad. This former player has also played in Ranji Trophy. It has been arrested by the cyber cell of Mumbai Police. This player is accused of extortion. This player has not made any ordinary recovery, rather he has executed the fraud in the name of Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy.
According to the information, the name of the accused is Nagaraju Budumuru, who is a cricketer by profession. He has played in the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad. Apart from this, he has also played in Ranji Trophy. In this case, the accused is alleged to have cheated several companies in the name of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his PA. The accused has cheated different companies to the tune of three crore rupees.
According to information, a 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping a chain of shops selling electronics goods in Mumbai of Rs 12 lakh. An official gave this information. The official said the accused, Nagaraju Budumuru, was recently taken into custody from Srikakulam district in the southern state, about two months after the complaint was lodged in the metropolis. Budumuru has duped about Rs 3 crore from about 60 companies in this manner. The official said that they have recovered Rs 7.6 lakh from his bank accounts.
In December last year, an employee of the electronics vendor’s managing director’s office received a call from a person claiming to be the personal assistant to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, said an official of the anti-cybercrime unit. The official said that the caller said that the Chief Minister wanted to speak to the Managing Director. The official said that the said employee shared the mobile number of his Managing Director.
Thereafter, the accused, allegedly claiming to be the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, approached the managing director and demanded Rs 12 lakh from a chain of shops selling electronics goods for sponsoring a cricketer’s kit, the official said. The official said that the accused also sent fake documents and an email ID in the name of Andhra Cricket Association, claiming it to be of the cricketer and received the amount.
Officials of a chain of shops selling electronics goods lodged a police complaint in January after learning that they had been duped, following which the cyber unit of the Mumbai Police began an investigation and later traced the accused to Andhra Pradesh. Planted in Odisha bordering Srikakulam district of K. The official said that the police also found that there are at least 30 similar cases against the accused Budumuru in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
According to the information, the accused has played in the Ranji team from the year 2014 to 2016. After this he also tried his luck with the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad. Meanwhile, when his bat stopped working, he started cheating the companies. He used the name of Chief Minister and his PA to cheat.