Trickster tries to extort money from Telangana Minister Gangula Kamalakar
The Hindu
Hyderabad Central Crime Station officials are looking out for the trickster based on the telephone numbers he used
An unidentified man tried to extort money from Telangana Minister for BC Welfare Gangula Kamalakar by sending him a fake warrant in the name of Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Minister personally tried to catch the trickster who had been speaking with him over phone and chatting through WhatsApp for the past few days. With the Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths registering a criminal case following a complaint from the ED authorities, the trickster went underground and stopped communicating with the Minister. The CCS officials are looking out for him based on the telephone numbers he used. They hope to catch the trickster soon. The person speaking Telugu with a strong Telangana accent rang up the Minister from a landline number nearly three weeks ago, claiming that he was ED Joint Director calling from Delhi.
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