HYDERABAD: Four persons allegedly involved in conning students by promising to provide jobs in Railways and Hyderabad Metro after collecting money were arrested by Rachakonda police on Tuesday. Two others from the gang are at large.
Police said that K Surendra, his wife B Nagalakshmi, D Suresh, and K Bhagya Lakshmi were arrested, while Alam and Srinivas Rao were absconding.
Surendra already has a case pending against him for conning several people of Rs 12 lakh in 2012 by promising to provide cheap gold from a friend in London. He had fled town and later changed his name to Suresh Reddy after relocating to Uppal where he began working as a car driver. He later came in contact with Srinivas Rao of Khammam and Alam from Secunderabad who told him that they could provide jobs in Railways and Metro without exam and asked him to get interested students, police said. “From each candidate they collected Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. To make the victims believe that they are Railway employees, Rao and Alam sported ID cards and met victims near Rail Nilayam,” a police press note said.
When the victims did not get offer letters, they started to put pressure on Surendra. Later, all the accused became inaccessible, cops said.
Surendra used the money to buy land and cars to start a travels business. He was arrested from his flat when he came to shift articles, police said.
