Andhra Pradesh: Former Ranji player held for Rs 3.3 lakh con

HYDERABAD: A former Andhra Pradesh Ranji player, who conned a CMD of a private company by impersonatingthe personal assistant (PA) of MAUD minister KT Rama Rao, was arrested by Central Crime Station sleuths on Saturday.
Joint Commissioner of Police (CCS) Avinash Mohanty said that the accused, Budumuru Nagaraju, introduced himself as Tirupati, a PA to KTR, when he contacted the CMD of a company.
The accused requested the victim sponsor one Budumuru Nagaraju, a cricket player from Andhra Pradesh and claimed that he had been selected for the U-25 World Cup in England besides being selected for a franchise in IPL.
The accused connned the victim by making him believe that if his company sponsored Nagaraju, their company’s logo will be printed on the kit used by the player and it will be handed over to Nagaraju by KTR himself.
Believing it to be true, the victim transferred Rs 3.30 lakh to the bank account of the accused.
Later, the victim realised that he had been conned as there was no response from the accused and lodged a complaint.
The accused was arrested based on his phone records and bank account details.
During the investigation, police discovered that he is a repeat offender and has been arrested previously for conning different victims.
Last year, Nagaraju was accused of impersonating BCCI chief selector, MSK Prasad and had been arrested by Andhra Pradesh police.