Hyderabad: Three arrested for fraud to sell Mahindra vehicle

Hyderabad, December 24 (IANS). Hyderabad police have arrested three people who arrested a person under the cover of the sale of Mahindra vehicles at a low price. A team from the cybercrime police station arrested the accused who cheated on more than Rs 3.54 Lakh of the victim and called themselves General Manager of Mahindra Cie Automotive Limited. He is registered under section 66C, D and sections 419 of the Indian Criminal Act and 420 of the Information Technology Act. The accused was identified as Todi Naveen Kumar, Kanderrla Madhu and Srinivas Durga Prasad, residents of Rajmundari in Andhra Pradesh. According to police, offensive material was seized on the possession of the accused. These arrests were made during the investigation after the complaint was received. V. Danny Ratnam told police that he had received a call from an unknown person, who described himself as GS Chandrashekhar and claimed to be general manager (HR and administration) in Mahindra Cie Automotive Limited. Chandrashekhar said he was a former client of the complainant’s security service and told him about the need for security services in a new factory in the Industrial Park unit in Palmanar in the Chittor district in Andhra Pradesh. After this discussion, the complainant filed a quote and the subsequent correspondence confirmed the services of the company’s company to start from 25 January 2024. During the discussion, Chandrashekhar also described the complainant as an opportunity to buy a completely new R&D and Demo vehicle at concession prices through the company’s annual auction. Trusted, the complainant booked two Mahindra Bolero SLX vehicles by transferring Rs 3 Lakh 54 thousand 236 over the numbers Chandrashekhar gave between November 23 and 25. The complainant was the assurance that the vehicles would be delivered to his premises on November 27 by 17:00. When the vehicles were not delivered, the complainant tried to contact Chandrashekhar, but his cellphone was closed. Later interrogation by the complainant revealed that the bank account was in the name of a person and that the complainant realized that he had been cheated. Police have advised the general public not to trust the incredible proposals of vehicles or cell phones at a low price, looking at the unwanted messages that must be broadcast with suspicion through social media applications. -Ians FZ shares this story tags