Fake visa racket busted in Hyderabad, two held

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North) team, along with Narayanguda police, busted a fake visa racket in the city on Saturday.

Based on credible information, the joint team arrested two persons including a woman for cheating several people for issuing fake job visas of foreign countries.

The police have seized two laptops, five cell phones, 13 agreement papers of victims, 11 visa-approved papers, one labour license, five rubber stamps, and one four-wheeler, all worth about Rs 25 lakhs from their possession, according to police on Sunday.

The arrested duo Yeruva Abhishek Reddy (30) and Thumma Chinnamma (41) were running a fake job visa under the guise of “JMJ Reddy Consultancy” in Himayatnagar since 2020.

The duo had collected around Rs 83 lakh from victims and issued forged foreign visas to nearly 25 members and subsequently went incommunicado. The police statement revealed that Abhishek Reddy had previously been booked in a cheating case at Narayanguda police station. Later, the accused shifted their office to Alwal.