HYDERABAD: Fraudsters created a fake instagram account of Rajanna Sircilla district superintendent of police (SP) Rahul Hegde along with his profile picture. The impersonators were sending messages to his Instagram friends seeking money since Thursday morning.
When this was brought to the notice of the SP, Rahul Hegde, in a statement released on Thursday, cautioned public not to respond to the messages and to approach the police if they are cheated at the earliest.
The SP said the fraudsters created a fake Instagram account using his picture, which is available in the public domain. He said a person got a message from the fake account asking for ₹12,000. "It is a fake account and I request people not to respond to it. We have initiated criminal action against the fraudsters," the SP added.
The SP also explained other ways in which the fraudsters function and cautioned the public against them.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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