Hyderabad: A 25-year-old BBA graduate, who attempted and failed in police examinations, was arrested by west zone task force team for posing as a pseudo cop and extracting money from brothel house organisers in Begumpet.
Officials seized cash and cellphones from his possession. The accused was identified as Hazmeera Anand, resident of Moosarambagh and native of Khammam.
“Anand was passionate about joining police department right from his college days. He appeared for constable and SI exams but failed to get a job. After facing financial problems, he hatched a plan to extort money from by introducing himself as Task Force Sub-Inspector” said Addit-ional DCP, Commiss-ioner’s Task Force, C. Shashidhar Raju.
“To execute his plan, he took an old SIM card from his brother, Azmeera Prashanth, and changed his name and profile in the Truecaller app as “Task Force”, kept Telangana police logo and also mentioned his mail Id as telanganapolice@gov.com in the same.
He started making calls to brothel house organisers by browsing an internet website called ‘Locanto’.
On Friday, he was apprehended in front of Lifestyle building at Begumpet and Rs 24,000 and a cellphone was seized from his possession. The accused along with seized property was handed over to Panjagutta police.
