Fraudster held for cheating unemployed youth

Hyderabad: The sleuths of Central Zone Task Force on Wednesday arrested a job fraudster Garikapati Suresh (30) for cheating the innocent unemployed youth with false promises of providing jobs in government departments.

The accused would promise the unemployed that he would provide jobs in Secretariat and other government offices and Metro Railway station and collected lakhs of rupees from them. The sleuths seized one mobile phone and other incriminating certificates from his possession.

According to Task Force sleuths, the accused after discontinuing his Engineering course started working under the PA of MLA's and developed contacts with Secretariat employees and gained knowledge in government works.

By using the influence in the Secretariat he used to give recommendation letters and TTD Devasthanams break darshan, railway tickets etcetera to the needy persons and use to take money from them.

He also used to apply for CM's relief fund by collecting medical receipts and other related documents from the hospital where the patient admitted and collect cash from them in advance. As such he started doing government works by taking commissions.

Later he planned to earn easy and started collecting huge amounts from the unemployed youth by assuring them that he would provide jobs in Secretariat and other government offices and he use to charge an individual from Rs 2 to 3 lakh. So far, he has cheated about 30-40 jobless aspirants, government employees, other innocent people and collected lakhs of rupees from them.

He used to threaten the people if they question him about the said job and to return their money with dire consequences. In total six cases were registered against him in various police stations in Hyderabad and Rachakonda Commissionerate limits.