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    Four member Interstate “RICE PULLING GANG” held by SOT L.B.Nagar Zone Rachakonda

        The sleuths of SOT, L.B.Nagar zone on credible information apprehended 04 members Interstate (Tamilnadu/Telangana) gang who are cheating public in the name of “RICE PULLING” article and seized dubious rice pulling article, Rs.3,20,000/- and other incriminating material from their possession.

DETAILS OF ACCUSED

1. P.Krishna Reddy S/o Late P.Malla Reddy age:34 Occ:Software Engineer R/o H.No.4-50, Nadergul, Balapur, Aadibatla
2. R.Prakash S/o R.Ranganadhan age:27 Occ:Turner R/o H.No.1-10-387-55/F/1, Mathaji Nagar, Brahmanwadi, Begumpet N/o H.No.21-10-11, Durga Colony, Chittoor
3. V.Rajendra Chary S/o Sri V.Venkatesh Chary age:30 Occ:Pvt Job R/o H.No.2-135, Masjid lane, Nacharam
4. Vel Kumar S/o Sri Alimuthu age:35 Occ:tailor R/o Panchiganipalli, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
5. Abdul Khaleel @ Abdullah N/o Palakodu, Tamil Nadu (Absconding)

Brief about Rice Pulling articles : All the accused persons believe that there are Rice Pulling articles which can bring immense luck and money to them and in that process of searching for those articles happened to know one another.  They also met few persons who are in search of these Rice pulling articles since years and the accused persons gained knowledge about Rice pulling articles after interacting with these people.  More than anybody, having possession of the real Rice Pulling articles, many of the aspirants got cheated in the hands of gullible persons and lost money.  But still this did not stop the hundreds and thousands of such aspirants to still believe that someone or the other still has possession of these articles, and keep on roaming from place to place to meet such persons.

HISTORY OF ACCUSED

1. R.Prakash : He is a Turner by profession working in one of the workshops in Fateh Nagar, Hyderabad.  He is native of Chittoor and through one of his friend Jagdish who is in search of RP, he came to know that his district is potential for such RP articles.  Jagdish gave him reference of one Damu who told him that Abdullah and Vel Kumar in Krishnagiri are having one RP articles and gave him their address.  Through Jagdish, Prakash also came into contact with the other accused Rajender and Krishna Reddy.
2. P.Krishna Reddy : He is software engineer who previously worked in Cap Gemini and one John Paul is his childhood friend (he also got previously cheated in the name of RP and complainant in Aadibatla case) through him, he came to know about RP and became friends with the other accused and came in contact with complainant Shiv Shankar also.  He visited Krishnagiri several times and collected about Rs.12 Lakhs from Shiv Shankar.  He even used to arrange travel and accommodation to the accused who used to come from Krishnagiri.  He gained more knowledge about RP by browsing internet and cleverly ganged up with the other accused and conspired to cheat public in the name of RP articles.  He collected agreements with the accused prior hand along with blank signed stamp papers and bound over the remaining accused so that they will not cheat on one another in case they happen to find the real RP.  He purchased one 200 Sq yards plot in Ghatkesar worth Rs.10 Lakhs with the money collected from the complainant.
3. Rajendra Chary : Previously he worked with R.R.Engineers who used to make Borewell parts and during that process came in contact with the complainant Shiv Shankar.  One Rafiq who is accused in Aadibatla case is common friend of Rajender and Prakash and through him he came to know about the RP and came in contact with the other accused.  
4. Vel Kumar : He is native of Krishnagiri who along with the absconding accused Abdul Khaleel @ Abdullah and many others are in search of RP articles and they very well know that such articles are rare, but still wanted to make money by cheating people in the name of RP.  In pursuance of their plan they bought one 1 ½ feet height metallic Ganesh idol and wrapped it with carbon papers and newspapers and kept it is one wooden box and filled the box with saw dust.  They keep the box in one isolated abandoned house and take the prospective buyers to that place and make them believe that the article in the box has RP powers and worth Rs.3000 crores in the international market.  They hired the services of one Suraj Toshniwal, Material Inspector and International Validator for Antiques, Rare Energy material & Precious Stones who is employee of INTERCONTINENTAL RARE ENERGY CORPORATION, Kolkatta, whenever some party was coming to see the RP article and he used to make the party believe that the article is original (the antecedents of Suraj Toshniwal are to be verified)
5. Abdul Khaleel @ Abdullah : He is resident of Palakodu and main kingpin in this cheating racket.

        The complainant Shiv Shankar R/o Kushaiguda who was also one of the aspirants of the RP article got lured by this gang and he happened to pay Rs.12 Lakhs to Krishna Reddy and also spent another 10 to 12 Lakhs for the other expenses.  He along with the accused visited Krishnagiri several times, but Abdullah and his gang were postponing the delivery of the RP article on one pretext or the other.  He got vexed and lodged complaint with Kushaiguda P.S and a case in Cr.No.147/17 U/s 406, 420, 506 r/w 34 IPC is registered.  The complainant was pressurizing the accused to return his money and Abdullah sent the fake RP article through Vel Kumar to Hyderabad.  On 28-02-17 all the accused assembled at the Real Estate office of Krishna Reddy at Turkayamjal and on receipt of the information SOT, L.B.Nagar Zone raided the office and took the accused persons into custody along with the wooden box containing the fake RP article. The following were seized from the possession of the accused:

1. Wooden box containing dubious RP article.
2. One torch light
3. Three wax candles
4. Three pencils
5. One Agarbathi packet
6. Handful of rice grains
7. Bond papers and blank signed non-judicial stamp papers
8. Original Sale deed of Plot No.153 at Ankushapur village, Ghatkesar vide Document no.24251/2015 of Jt Sub-Registrar, Ranga Reddy East.
9. Volkswagen Zeta TS 08EK 2323
10. Rs.3,20,000/- Cash

        The arrests were made with the guidance of Sri Ramesh Naidu IPS, DCP, Malkajgiri, Sri Rafeeq, ACP, Kushaiguda, Rachakonda under the supervision of Sri K.Narsing Rao Inspector of Police I/c SOT, Rachakonda by Sri Kashi Vishwanath Sub-Inspector of Police, PCs Sri Rakesh, Sri Harsha of SOT, L.B.Nagar Zone and Sri Venkat Ramana, Inspector, Kushaiguda P.S.  

        It is appealed to the general public not to fall prey to such persons who lure innocent public in the name of “Rice Pulling” articles and to bring it to the notice of police if anyone contacts them promising to get RP articles.

Dy.Commissioner of Police

Malkajgiri Zone, Rachakonda

Dated : 28-02-17

P R E S S   R E L E A S E

    Four member Interstate “RICE PULLING GANG” held by SOT L.B.Nagar Zone Rachakonda

        The sleuths of SOT, L.B.Nagar zone on credible information apprehended 04 members Interstate (Tamilnadu/Telangana) gang who are cheating public in the name of “RICE PULLING” article and seized dubious rice pulling article, Rs.3,20,000/- and other incriminating material from their possession.

DETAILS OF ACCUSED

1. P.Krishna Reddy S/o Late P.Malla Reddy age:34 Occ:Software Engineer R/o H.No.4-50, Nadergul, Balapur, Aadibatla
2. R.Prakash S/o R.Ranganadhan age:27 Occ:Turner R/o H.No.1-10-387-55/F/1, Mathaji Nagar, Brahmanwadi, Begumpet N/o H.No.21-10-11, Durga Colony, Chittoor
3. V.Rajendra Chary S/o Sri V.Venkatesh Chary age:30 Occ:Pvt Job R/o H.No.2-135, Masjid lane, Nacharam
4. Vel Kumar S/o Sri Alimuthu age:35 Occ:tailor R/o Panchiganipalli, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
5. Abdul Khaleel @ Abdullah N/o Palakodu, Tamil Nadu (Absconding)

Brief about Rice Pulling articles : All the accused persons believe that there are Rice Pulling articles which can bring immense luck and money to them and in that process of searching for those articles happened to know one another.  They also met few persons who are in search of these Rice pulling articles since years and the accused persons gained knowledge about Rice pulling articles after interacting with these people.  More than anybody, having possession of the real Rice Pulling articles, many of the aspirants got cheated in the hands of gullible persons and lost money.  But still this did not stop the hundreds and thousands of such aspirants to still believe that someone or the other still has possession of these articles, and keep on roaming from place to place to meet such persons.

HISTORY OF ACCUSED

1. R.Prakash : He is a Turner by profession working in one of the workshops in Fateh Nagar, Hyderabad.  He is native of Chittoor and through one of his friend Jagdish who is in search of RP, he came to know that his district is potential for such RP articles.  Jagdish gave him reference of one Damu who told him that Abdullah and Vel Kumar in Krishnagiri are having one RP articles and gave him their address.  Through Jagdish, Prakash also came into contact with the other accused Rajender and Krishna Reddy.
2. P.Krishna Reddy : He is software engineer who previously worked in Cap Gemini and one John Paul is his childhood friend (he also got previously cheated in the name of RP and complainant in Aadibatla case) through him, he came to know about RP and became friends with the other accused and came in contact with complainant Shiv Shankar also.  He visited Krishnagiri several times and collected about Rs.12 Lakhs from Shiv Shankar.  He even used to arrange travel and accommodation to the accused who used to come from Krishnagiri.  He gained more knowledge about RP by browsing internet and cleverly ganged up with the other accused and conspired to cheat public in the name of RP articles.  He collected agreements with the accused prior hand along with blank signed stamp papers and bound over the remaining accused so that they will not cheat on one another in case they happen to find the real RP.  He purchased one 200 Sq yards plot in Ghatkesar worth Rs.10 Lakhs with the money collected from the complainant.
3. Rajendra Chary : Previously he worked with R.R.Engineers who used to make Borewell parts and during that process came in contact with the complainant Shiv Shankar.  One Rafiq who is accused in Aadibatla case is common friend of Rajender and Prakash and through him he came to know about the RP and came in contact with the other accused.  
4. Vel Kumar : He is native of Krishnagiri who along with the absconding accused Abdul Khaleel @ Abdullah and many others are in search of RP articles and they very well know that such articles are rare, but still wanted to make money by cheating people in the name of RP.  In pursuance of their plan they bought one 1 ½ feet height metallic Ganesh idol and wrapped it with carbon papers and newspapers and kept it is one wooden box and filled the box with saw dust.  They keep the box in one isolated abandoned house and take the prospective buyers to that place and make them believe that the article in the box has RP powers and worth Rs.3000 crores in the international market.  They hired the services of one Suraj Toshniwal, Material Inspector and International Validator for Antiques, Rare Energy material & Precious Stones who is employee of INTERCONTINENTAL RARE ENERGY CORPORATION, Kolkatta, whenever some party was coming to see the RP article and he used to make the party believe that the article is original (the antecedents of Suraj Toshniwal are to be verified)
5. Abdul Khaleel @ Abdullah : He is resident of Palakodu and main kingpin in this cheating racket.

        The complainant Shiv Shankar R/o Kushaiguda who was also one of the aspirants of the RP article got lured by this gang and he happened to pay Rs.12 Lakhs to Krishna Reddy and also spent another 10 to 12 Lakhs for the other expenses.  He along with the accused visited Krishnagiri several times, but Abdullah and his gang were postponing the delivery of the RP article on one pretext or the other.  He got vexed and lodged complaint with Kushaiguda P.S and a case in Cr.No.147/17 U/s 406, 420, 506 r/w 34 IPC is registered.  The complainant was pressurizing the accused to return his money and Abdullah sent the fake RP article through Vel Kumar to Hyderabad.  On 28-02-17 all the accused assembled at the Real Estate office of Krishna Reddy at Turkayamjal and on receipt of the information SOT, L.B.Nagar Zone raided the office and took the accused persons into custody along with the wooden box containing the fake RP article. The following were seized from the possession of the accused:

1. Wooden box containing dubious RP article.
2. One torch light
3. Three wax candles
4. Three pencils
5. One Agarbathi packet
6. Handful of rice grains
7. Bond papers and blank signed non-judicial stamp papers
8. Original Sale deed of Plot No.153 at Ankushapur village, Ghatkesar vide Document no.24251/2015 of Jt Sub-Registrar, Ranga Reddy East.
9. Volkswagen Zeta TS 08EK 2323
10. Rs.3,20,000/- Cash

        The arrests were made with the guidance of Sri Ramesh Naidu IPS, DCP, Malkajgiri, Sri Rafeeq, ACP, Kushaiguda, Rachakonda under the supervision of Sri K.Narsing Rao Inspector of Police I/c SOT, Rachakonda by Sri Kashi Vishwanath Sub-Inspector of Police, PCs Sri Rakesh, Sri Harsha of SOT, L.B.Nagar Zone and Sri Venkat Ramana, Inspector, Kushaiguda P.S.  

        It is appealed to the general public not to fall prey to such persons who lure innocent public in the name of “Rice Pulling” articles and to bring it to the notice of police if anyone contacts them promising to get RP articles.

Dy.Commissioner of Police

Malkajgiri Zone, Rachakonda

Dated : 28-02-17