
Fake job racket busted, four arrested
The Hindu
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The Special Operations Team of the Rachakonda Police on Wednesday arrested four persons for allegedly operating a fake job racket, and seized from their possession ₹ 5.70 lakh.
The accused are Maddelamadugu Varakumar alias Varun (36), a resident of Kharmanghat, Yathakula Pramod Kumar (32), a resident of L B Nagar, Vennu Dinakar Reddy alias Dinesh Reddy (44), a resident of Champapet and Vipparthy Prakash (50), a seals and stamps maker, and resident Vanasthalipuram.
According to the police, Varakumar, Pramod, and Dinakar have a criminal record. Varakumar was allegedly involved in a similar fake job racket and was booked in 2016 by Chaitanyapuri police. Dinakar allegedly makes fake engineering certificates and was booked in a case by the Saroornagar police. The trio were arrested and sent to prison.

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