HYDERABAD: SOT sleuths of Rachakonda arrested four members of a gang allegedly involved in job fraud. Police recovered Rs 5.7 lakh cash and fake appointment letters from their possession. The accused were identified as M Varakumar, Y Pramod Kumar, V Dinakar Reddy and V Prakash.
According to Rachakonda CP Mahesh Bhagwat, the accused cheated unemployed youth under the guise of providing outsourcing and contract jobs in government departments. By forging appointment letters, the accused collected lakhs of rupees from victims. Police seized Rs 5.7 lakh cash, 24 forged appointment orders, 53 fake rubber stamps, a laptop and other incriminating evidence.
According to police, Varakumar and Pramod Kumar were friends and were into real estate business.
Dinakar Reddy also dabbled in real estate business, while Prakash is a rubber stamps maker. Varakumar and Dinakar have criminal history and became friends at Cherlapally prison.
After coming out of the prison, the duo joined Pramod Kumar and other accused and duped the victims of Rs 21.75 lakh during the past two years. The SOT sleuths of LB Nagar arrested three of the accused at a hotel in Abdullapurmet on Wednesday and based on their confession, arrested the fourth accused, Prakash, at his shop in BN Reddy Nagar.
