HYDERABAD: The Marketing Intelligence Team of Hyderabad Cyber Crime has arrested two people in connection with cheating a complainant of Rs 4,000 for providing Police Clearance Certificate. The accused were identified as Methari Praneeth and Thakur Krishna. The complainant, Narasinga Rao had approached an Internet site for police clearance agents and found Priyanka Consultants. Praneeth asked him to send his ID proof like passport, Aadhaar to bkhero2037@gmail.com. He was also instructed to transfer Rs 4,000. After the funds were transferred, Narasinga’s calls were not answered.
He googled Priyanka Consultants and came across a lot of negative reviews. The accused registered a consultancy, Priyanka Consultants, BHEL in Justdial that claims to provide services of marriage certificate, police clearance certificate, registration of institutions and firms and others. The accused have been collecting service charges from customers for the same after which they would not respond to clients. The two accused would share the money. They have been placed in police custody.
