Former cricketer arrested for posing as OSD to Telangana CM and duping businessmen
A 32-year-old man was arrested by the cybercrime wing of the Hyderabad police for impersonating a senior government official and attempting to extort money from businesspersons using fake email IDs and WhatsApp accounts.
The accused, Budumuru Nagaraju, a former cricketer from Andhra Pradesh and resident of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, created the fake email ID and posed as the Personal Secretary and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chief Minister of Telangana. He used this identity to send fraudulent emails and make WhatsApp calls to several company heads across the country seeking financial help. Investigation revealed that Nagaraju is wanted in at least 29 criminal cases, including 13 in Telangana and 16 in Andhra Pradesh. A non-bailable warrant is pending against him in a 2020 cyber crime case in Hyderabad.
In the latest case, he targeted Krishna Mohan Bollineni, Managing Director of Bollineni Infra Projects, by sending emails pretending to be the CM's OSD. Similar attempts were made with other top executives, including Rapido MD Aravind Sanka, Gupta Realty Chairman Srinivas Gupta, and Country Delight Directors Chakradhar and Nitin Koushal, among others.
Police explain how he created a fake email and WhatsApp accounts using names of high-ranking government officials, then reached out to wealthy businessmen requesting money. Police seized a mobile phone from his possession and have initiated a probe.
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