HYDERABAD: Bachupally police arrested four fraudsters who duped a city based businessman of Rs 11 crore by posing as police officials and human rights organisation workers. Police seized Rs 6 crore worth property from the accused including Rs 4 core worth cars.
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The accused are Smriti Simha, who posed as Chairperson of International Human Rights Commission; Raghava Reddy, an ASI of CISF who posed as Deputy Commissioner of CISF; and their associates were Ranadheer Reddy and
Ramakrishna Reddy
. “The main accused, A Vijay Kumar Reddy, son of Raghava Reddy, posed as a trainee IPS officer. He recently died by suicide at their house in Pragati Nagar upon realising that their
fraud
has been identified,” Madhapur DCP M Venkateshwarulu said.
According to police, Vijay Kumar Reddy, who was a software installation worker, and Smriti Sinha, a divorcee operating a super market, were in a live-in relationship. “Posing as a married couple, they moved into a villa at a gated community in Bachupally. Vijay introduced himself to neighbours as a trainee IPS officer,” the DCP said.
The duo, along with the other accused, convinced a neighbour, P Veera Reddy, a mining businessman, that they owned 72 high-end buses and 32 acres of land in Bachupally area by sharing photos through WhatsApp. “Thinking that the accused were rich and influential people, Veera Reddy gave them loans without suspecting any foul play. Starting in December 2017, the accused took Rs 11 crore from Veera Reddy. Using the amount, they purchased a villa at Bachupally for Rs 1.5 crore and bought three BMW cars and a Ford SUV, all worth Rs 4 crore,” the DCP said.
Finally, when Veera Reddy realised the fraud, Vijay took his life on February 5, 2021. Based on the complaint lodged by Veera Reddy, police arrested the four accused and seized cars worth Rs 4 crore worth cars, gold worth Rs 50 lakh, and documents of the villa worth Rs 1.5 crore.