Published: June 4, 2026 • 1:03 AM IST · Updated: June 4, 2026 • 8:09 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Cyberabad police have arrested five members of a pseudo-police gang that allegedly kidnapped a businessman, impersonated police officers, wrongfully confined him and extorted more than ₹5 lakh after convincing him that he was wanted in a criminal case in Haryana.
The accused were identified as Nagaraju Raghu Varma, who allegedly used several aliases including Karthikeya, Vamshi, Alluri Vijayaram and Karthikeya Singh, a native of Andhra Pradesh;
Yeswanth Singh alias Rahul and Sathyabhan Singh alias Thakur, both from Uttar Pradesh;
and Thangellapalli Nagendra Varma from Hyderabad.
Two other accused, identified as Pradeep Kumar Mishra from Bihar and Sunil Kumar alias Fouzi from Haryana, remain at large.