MBA grad turns conman

HYDERABAD: Task Force sleuths have arrested an MBA graduate for allegedly duping four persons to the tune of Rs 7.2 lakh by posing as a higher education department official. Police nabbed V Rama Krishna, 46, of Amberpet on Sunday. He did his MBA from Delhi University in 1989. After completing his studies, he worked as a marketing executive in various private companies till 2009.It was at this time that Rama felt that his earnings were not sufficient to support his lavish lifestyle.
Eventually, he was arrested by the Musheerabad police in a cheque forgery case. After release, Rama started staying at a rented house in Tilaknagar, Nallakunta. During this time, posing as a deputy secretary in the higher education department, he came closer to his neighbour Nirmala Singh's family. Believing that he was an influential official, Nirmala's nephew Ajith Singh introduced one Sammaiah of Langer Houz to Rama Krishna in May 2011.
"Sammaiah, who was desperately seeking a transfer of his wife, a special grade teacher in Karimnagar to Hyderabad, paid Rs 1.2 lakh to Rama Krishna to get the work done," DCP, TF, Ch Ramachandar said.
Subsequently in October 2011, Nirmala introduced Rama Krishna to her brother-in-law P Raghu Prasad of Zaheerabad. During their conversation, he told Raghu that a few hostel warden posts in the social welfare department were vacant and he could get people recruited for a price of Rs 2 lakh. Raghu, hence, introduced two more candidates, S Vinod and T Vinod, to him. Rama collected a sum of Rs four lakh from them and gave them fake appointment proceedings.
In July 2011, Nirmala requested Rama to find an alliance for her daughter Archana Singh. Rama created fictitious marriage alliances for her. He downloaded the photograph of a good looking man from the internet and showed it as a prospective bridegroom from Latur.
He then provided two contact numbers purported to be that of the bridegroom and his sister. "When Nirmala called on both the phone numbers, Rama spoke to her by changing his voice. Subsequently, he took Rs two lakh from Nirmala for marriage expenses in November," the DCP said.
Believing Rama Krishna, Nirmala fixed the marriage on December 12, 2011. However, Rama suddenly vacated the house and stopped responding to her phone calls. Realising that they were duped, the victims approached the Amberpet police and lodged separate complaints in January 2012. Rama was produced before court and remanded in judicial custody on Monday.