The ongoing Covid situation has given rise to a number of opportunist frauds cheating people on the pretext of medication, hospital beds, and even oxygen. Tollywood producer Suresh Babu became the latest victims of one of these scams when he found out he was duped for Rs 1 lakh in the name of supplying vaccine by a fraudster.
Suresh Babu was planning to procure vaccine to get his entire staff and a number of cine workers vaccinated as a part of vaccination drive being sponsored by him.
Three weeks ago, an unidentified man called filmmaker Suresh Babu saying he was calling from the Health Department of Telangana State and that he was arranging a vaccination drive for industry folks.
“I wasn’t feeling well then, so I alerted my office guys and asked them to coordinate with that person for the vaccination drive for our employees,” explains Suresh Babu.
After obtaining the vaccine dose and cost details, which came to rupees one lakh, Suresh Babu’s staff went to pay the amount. However, they soon began suspecting something was amiss in the whole picture.
The conman was unreachable once the money was credited to his account. This led to the suspicions and the producer approached the cyber cell department.
“A few days later, the police identified and caught the man, who has apparently been duping people. So the cops called and asked me to lodge a formal complaint at the Jubilee Hills Police Station so that they could initiate appropriate action,” he says.
Meanwhile, the accused has been arrested and booked under IPC section 420 (Cheating).
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