A gang of four persons, which allegedly collected lakhs of rupees from a person assuring him of Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector’s (AMVI) post, was busted on Friday. The accused claimed that they had connections in Telangana State Public Service Commission to secure the job.
The police arrested four persons and seized Rs. 15.88 lakh cash and four promissory notes. Those arrested were M. Tirupataiah, 33, Sk. Yakub Ali, 31, Mohammed Ali, 51, and Mir Karrar Ali, 51. The complainant P. Srinivas Rao, 30, of Kodur in Krishna district approached Tirupataiah seeking help in securing the job of AMVI, which were being filled by the TSPSC through a test.
He introduced a person called Syed Qamar Hussain to Rao. Through Hussain, Rao met Karrar Ali and Mohammed Ali. They demanded Rs. 31 lakh for the AMVI job and collected Rs. 2 lakh as advance. They had a written agreement on the matter.
In December last, Tirupataiah collected Rs. 10 lakh from Rao, but Karrar Ali and Mohammed Ali did not respond when he pursued the matter. As Rao insisted on securing the job, Tirupataiah introduced his friend Shaik Yakub to Rao claiming that he was working as clerk in the TSPSC. Later, the duo collected Rs. 5.88 lakh from Rao.
Meanwhile, the TSPSC had released two lists of selected candidates but Rao didn’t find his name in them. Realising that he was taken for a ride, he approached the TSPSC authorities who referred the matter to the Jubilee Hills police leading to registration of a criminal case. Stitching up the leads, the Commissioner’s Task Force (West) team led by Inspector L. Raja Venkat Reddy caught four of the accused.
