Hyderabad, March 28 -- A 68-year-old Hyderabad-based doctor was allegedly duped of Rs 8 crore after a fraudster posing as an official from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) promised six plots of 500 square yards.

The fraud dates back to 2021. According to reports, the fraudster also promised to make the doctor the director of the National Medical Commission (NMC). The doctor approached the Cyberabad cybercrime police and filed a complaint stating that the fraudster Chakka Surendra Kumar posed as a bureaucrat working in PMO.

The victim stated that Kumar first met him in 2021 through a common friend and that the fraudster said his wife, Latha was a realtor operating a business across many states in India. "They claimed to have offices in ...