Man arrested for duping as Task force Police

Hyderabad, Sept 24: The west zone task force Police have arrested a 25 yr old man, who attempted and failed in police examinations, for posing as a pseudo cop and extracting money from brothel house organizers in Begumpet.

The Officials have seized cash and cellphones from his possession.

According to Police, The accused was identified as Hazmeera Anand, a BBA Graduate, and resident of Moosarambagh and native of Khammam.

"Anand was passionate about joining police department right from his college days. He appeared for constable and SI exams but failed to get a job. After facing financial problems, he hatched a plan to extort money from by introducing himself as Task Force Sub-Inspector" said Additional DCP, Commissioner's Task Force, C. Shashidhar Raju.

"To execute his plan, he took an old SIM card from his brother, Azmeera Prashanth, and changed his name and profile in the Truecaller app as "Task Force", kept Telangana police logo and also mentioned his email Id as telanganapolice@gov.com in the same.

He started making calls to brothel house organizers by browsing an internet website called 'Locanto'.

On Friday, he was apprehended in front of Lifestyle building at Begumpet and Rs 24,000 and a cellphone was seized from his possession. The accused along with seized property was handed over to Panjagutta police.