Tollywood co-producer cheated using VIP names

Hyderabad, February 22: A Tollywood co-producer named as V. Anand babu(35) was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly impersonating a senior PMO official and sending messages to various VIPs and other government officers, police said.

The accused, identified as V Anand Babu, sent messages from a mobile number to various VIPs and other government officers by identifying himself as Additional Secretary, PMO, and also as Personal Secretary to a senior IAS officer, who is the Chief Secretary to Telangana Chief Minister.

Anand introduced himself to various VIPs and other government officers as A. K. Sharma, Addl. Secretary to the PMO and as the State’s Chief Secretary Narsing Rao.

"He also made calls and messages to district collectors and superintendents of police making the recommendation for jobs, postings, for accommodations and darshans in temples etc.," stated a release from the Central Crime Station-- a wing of Hyderabad Police.

Babu had also allegedly cheated two persons under the pretext of providing them jobs in STPL (Software Technology Private Limited), New Delhi, by taking huge amount from them.