IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad: The Mumbai cyber police on Monday arrested former Sunrisers Hyderabad and Ranji trophy player Nagaraju Budumuru in a case of vishing. He impersonated Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and called a Mumbai-based electronic shop chain asking for Rs12 lakh sponsorship for budding cricketer Ricky Bhui. Nagaraju Budumuru was part of Andhra Ranji team and IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. Budumuru is alleged to have impersonated Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and has cheated 60 companies of Rs 3 crore as per the police. Follow All Sports News with Insidesport.IN
- Nagaraju Budumuru poses as Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to dupe Mumbai-based electronic shop chain for Rs. 12 Lakhs.
- As per the police, he has cheated 60 companies of Rs 3 crore.
- He was the part of IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- Budumuru had also represented Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
Cricketer turned Criminal! Former Sunrisers Hyderabad and Ranji player poses as Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, DUPES Rs 3 crore in almost perfect scam, CHECK Details
Budumuru cheated the Mumbai-based electronic shop chain MD after convincing him that he is the current Andhra CM Reddy. He also used the CM’s photo as a display picture on his mobile and asked the MD to arrange a sponsorship amount in the name of the National Cricket Academy.
“I paid the money in the name of NCA and the accused sent the confirmation receipt on a fake letterhead issued by Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association and used fake WhatsApp number of the AP CM and fake email id of cricketer Bhui in whose name he sought sponsorship,” said the Mumbai-based MD in his complaint.
Based on the complaint, joint commissioner of police (Mumbai-Crime) Lakhmi Gautam supervised DCP Rajput, who led a team of senior inspector Suvarna Shinde, sub-inspector Vijaykumar Ghorpade and cyber cops. They tracked the number Budumuru had used in the crime. Cops found that he had used genuine documents to procure the SIM to dupe victims in the name of Andhra Pradesh CM. The team has managed to recover Rs7.6 lakh so far.
IPL 2023: Cricketer turned Criminal! Ex-Sunrisers Hyderabad poses as Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, DUPES Rs 3 crore in almost perfect scam, CHECK Details
Dr. Balsing Rajput, DCP (cyber-crime), said that “After receiving the complaint, our team began tracking the money that was supposed to be given as sponsorship. The money trail pointed out Budumuru. We nabbed him from his native place, Yavaripetta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, earlier this week.”
In order to maintain the luxurious lifestyle to which he had grown accustomed, he began using the modus operandi. “When he stopped doing well on the field after 2018, he started missing the luxurious lifestyle that he had become used to. That was his primary motive behind conning people under various pretexts,” an official from the cyber police quoted in the report.
In 2021, he was arrested for impersonating the personal secretary to minister KT Rama Rao and duped nine corporate firms for Rs 40 lakh. Budumuru has so far hoodwinked over 60 corporate houses to the tune of Rs 3 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since 2018.
IPL 2023: Cricketer turned Criminal! Ex-Sunrisers Hyderabad poses as Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, DUPES Rs 3 crore in almost perfect scam, CHECK Details
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