Cyber Crooks Dupe BRS MLA Palla Rajeshwar of Rs.1 Lakh

Cyber crooks duped BRS MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy of Rs.1 lakh in the name of disbursing Rs.10 lakh to 40 people in his constituency under the Viksit Bharat scheme. 

The caller introduced himself as Anantarami Reddy working as an additional finance secretary in the Finance department in Telangana and cheated the MLA. The MLA received the call when he was at his residence at Nandagiri Hills in Jubilee Hills.

The caller informed him that loans up Rs.10 lakh could be disbursed under the Central government’s Viksit Bharat scheme and asked the MLA to refer a



list of 40 beneficiaries from his Jangaon Assembly constituency. Stating that it was the last day for enrolling the scheme, the caller asked the MLA to send Rs. 1 lakh as it would incur Rs.2,500 each for beneficiary for availing the scheme. 

The MLA made Rs.1 lakh online payment within an hour and later he called up the additional finance secretary in Hyderabad to inform about the payment. But the secretary said he had not received any payment.

Realizing that the cyber crooks cheated him, the MLA lodged a complaint with the Jubilee Hills police.