4 Chirala youth held for online fraud

Lookout notice for medico in the Philippines

The Crime Branch police of Chittoor on Thursday arrested four youth belonging of Chirala of Praskasam district on charges of online fraud, allegedly luring and targeting gullible customers into betting app, and reportedly cheating them of huge amounts. Cirlce-Inspector (Crime branch) K. Ramesh told the media that at the height of COVID pandemic last year, Bobbili Navakishore of Tadikonda of Guntur district, studying medicine at a university in the Philippines, reportedly befriended some potential clientele through social media platforms. Later, he formed a network with Chirala youth identified as Shiva Kesav, (who is also pursuing a pilot training course in the Philippines), Krishna Chaitanya, Bachu Kiran and Siva Prasad. The four had reportedly opened several bank accounts on the names of their relatives in some private banks to facilitate online transfer of amounts by the gullible clientele to these accounts.