Six arrested for posing as police officers, extorting rice trader
Six individuals were arrested in Meerpet for impersonating police officers and extorting money from a rice trader. They threatened the trader's driver, claiming his rice consignment was illegal, and demanded a large sum of money. The police have seized cash and mobile phones related to the case and are searching for an additional suspect who is currently absconding.
- ▪The accused impersonated police officers to extort money from a rice trader.
- ▪They demanded ₹6 lakh but eventually agreed to settle for ₹1.6 lakh.
- ▪The police seized ₹80,000 in cash and other items related to the crime.
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Six individuals were arrested by the Meerpet police for impersonating police officers and extorting money from a rice trader by falsely claiming that his consignment was illegal.The accused were identified as 26-year-old Aekka Sandeep Kumar, a driver from Uppuguda; 35-year-old Devara Shetti Girish, a private employee from Meerpet; 24-year-old Beeram Shiva Reddy, employed at a call centre in Uppal; 30-year-old Rakesh Singh, an auto parts salesman from Uppuguda; 24-year-old Gantala Sai Ram Reddy, a student of Acharya Nagarjuna College in Guntur; and 24-year-old Kakarla Pavan Sai, a customer service executive working in Adibatla.
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