Former Ranji cricketer arrested for duping 60 companies for INR 3 crore by posing as Andhra CM’s Personal Assistant

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Impersonating as Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s Private Assistant, former Ranji cricketer Nagraju Budumuru has cheated 60 firms for INR 3 crore. Notably, final 12 months, the 28-year-old referred to as up an worker of metropolis electronics posing as Reddy’s private assistant and asking him to sponsor Ricky Bhui, who has finished very nicely for Andhra in current previous.

The electronics firm finally ended up paying INR 12 lakhs after Budumuru emailed solid and pretend paperwork to indicate his reference to the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA). Now, upon registering a grievance, police began monitoring down the cash and finally arrested Budumuru from his native place.

“After receiving the grievance, our crew started monitoring the cash that was alleged to be given as sponsorship. The cash path identified to Budumuru. We nabbed him from his native place — Yavaripetta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh earlier this week,” Dr Balsing Rajput, DCP (cyber-crime) was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Occasions.

The starvation for an opulent life leads Budumuru behind bars

Notably, police have recovered roughly INR 7.6 lakh after a radical investigation and interrogation. In a report revealed by the cyber crime division, additionally it is acknowledged that after not with the ability to carry out as per expectations, Budumuru hit the all-time low in 2018 and that’s when he began lacking his luxurious life-style. With a purpose to sustain with it, Budumuru began duping individuals.

“When he stopped doing nicely on the sphere after 2018, he began lacking the luxurious life-style that he had grow to be used to. That was his main motive behind conning individuals underneath numerous pretexts,” an official from the cyber police was quoted as saying within the report.

After displaying quite a lot of promise in his early days as a cricketer, Budumuru was referred to as as much as play within the Ranji Trophy for Andhra Pradesh in 2014. He spent a few years with the state squad however couldn’t justify his place. He was additionally a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad squad within the Indian Premier League however by no means obtained an opportunity to make his debut within the cash-rich league.

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