Couple arrested for cheating man

Victim lured into depositing ₹ 1 crore in return for land

The Hyderabad Cyber Crime police on Tuesday apprehended a couple for allegedly cheating a person of approximately ₹ 1 crore on the pretext of marriage.

Police identified the accused as Yerragudla Dasu, a techie-turned-fruit vendor, and Yerragudla Jyothi, a teacher, residents of Guntur district.

The accused allegedly lured the victim, identified as Vijay Reddy, into depositing ₹ 1 crore after coming in contact with one Kalyanisri on Facebook. The victim started chatting with her and offered to marry her, to which the latter agreed. However, she said that with her father dead, her brother wanted to grab a land parcel, and that she wanted to register it in her name. She urged the victim to help her transfer a land parcel in her name. She claimed that her family members wanted to stake claim to the land, and in return give him a part of the land parcel.