Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a cheating case against an official of South Central Railway (SCR) based in Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh for allegedly collecting Rs.20 lakh from a woman on the pretext of providing jobs to her and her son in railways.
In her complaint, Kunadharaju Naga Padma of Jakkaram village in West Godavari district alleged that M Kishore Kumar, Technician Grade-I, Carriage and Wagon Depot, SCR in Machilipatnam duped her on the pretext of providing jobs in railways to her and her son and collected Rs.20 lakh from her.
It is alleged that in the month of August 2021, the complainant got acquainted with Kishore Kumar through her younger sister V. Ganga Bhavani, who also resides in Machilipatnam. Kishore Kumar falsely promised the complainant that he would secure a railway job as an office staff position at a reservation counter for her and a Railway Ticket Collector (TC) job for her son Achyuta Varma and told her to spend money for securing these jobs.
Kishore Kumar convincingly told her that he would manage the officials at the DRM office, Vijayawada and provide the jobs for both of them, for which he demanded Rs 20 lakh. During the period from 2021 to November 2025, the complainant paid Rs.12 lakh online to Kishore Kumar from her son and mother’s mobile phone.
The remaining balance of Rs.8 lakh was paid to him in cash on different occasions as and when he demanded. It is further alleged that after receipt of said amount, Kishore Kumar has provided several forged and fabricated documents to make the complainant believe that she and her son had been selected in various tests and got appointed in railways.
Kishore Kumar also deceived her on the pretext of arranging the loan from Railway Employees Credit Society and collected Bank of Baroda blank cheques from the Complainant. Kishore Kumar used to provide the job related information and documents to the complainant WhatsApp number from his mobile numbers.
When the complainant enquired about the documents provided by Kishore Kumar, she came to know that the documents were completely forged and Kishore Kumar deceived them. Based on her complaint, the police booked a case against him under Sections 61(2) (Criminal conspiracy), 318 (Cheating), 336(3) (Forgery for the purpose of cheating) of BNS and Section 7A of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
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