Hyderabad, 19 September (IANS) Hyderabad Police has arrested seven more persons from Telangana Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) for misuse of Rs 8.71 lakh.
According to the police, the accused were fake beneficiaries who presented as real and cheated the government, as well as the real beneficiaries were entitled to relief.
The accused fraudulently deposited the CMRF check approved in his personal accounts and later withdrawn the funds. He also misunderstood the amount.
Jubilee Hills Police Station Show. Venkateswara Reddy said on Friday that all seven accused, including two women, are native to Godavarkhani in Pedapalli district.
The accused are Potla Ravi, 46, Janagama Nagaraju, 40, Mateti Bhaskar, 33, Dhararam Raju, 50, Compalli Santosh, 35, 35, Chitola Lakshmi, 65, and Asampeli Lakshmi. They were all arrested on Thursday and produced before the court for judicial remand.
The arrest was made in connection with the five cases booked from last year. The accused were booked under sections 409, 417, 419, 467, and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66 (C) of the Information Technology Act.
According to the police, the arrested persons voluntarily accepted and accepted their participation in the commission of the above crimes.
SHO said other accused persons have been identified, but are currently absconding. The police is also trying to recover the wrong money.
In July, the police arrested four accused in the same case. Jogula Naresh Kumar, 42, Balagoni Venkatesh, 37, Korlapati Vamashi, 24, and 34 -year -old Pulipaka Omkar, conspired and misrepresented the approved amount under CMRF.
The police officer said that after the 2023 assembly elections and the defeat of the BRS government, Naresh Kumar, who was working in the office of one of the then ministers, captured 230 approved but undivided checks.
Among the checks were issued to nineteen, applicants who did not chase, allegedly deposited in fake bank accounts with similar names at SBI branch at road number 5 in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
The main accused identified 19 checks issued to the applicants who did not chase, and deposited them in bank accounts at Jubilee Hills Branch of TheSbi with similar names, using fake details.
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