Declaring to be PMO personnel, conman attempts to get Tirumala darshan tickets

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The conman sought ten Suprabhatham tickets and three air-conditioned rooms for stay at Tirumala. File

The conman looked for 10 Suprabhatham tickets and 3 air-conditioned spaces for remain at Tirumala. Submit|Picture Credit: The Hindu

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In an event that stunned the authorities of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), an individual tried to get the desirable ‘Suprabhatham’ tickets at Tirumala Sri Venkateswara temple by declaring to be an authorities at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

Determining himself as Dr. P. Rama Rao from the PMO, he declared to be a Deputy Secretary in the South Block, New Delhi, while resolving a letter to the then Executive Officer J. Syamala Rao on May 1, looking for 10 Suprabhatham tickets and 3 air-conditioned spaces for remain at Tirumala on May 10.

Discovering something awry, the TTD authorities got in touch with the PMO, just to be informed that no authorities with that name was ever connected with the high workplace.

Taking a major note of the advancement, A.K. Sharma, Assistant Director at the PMO lodged a problem with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), looking for action versus the ‘self-styled PMO authorities’.

The CBI in turn signed up a case with FIR Number RC 0482025 S 0009 outdated October 2 versus Rama Rao under Sections 318( 4 ), 319( 2 ), 336( 3) and 340( 2) of BNS for unfaithful, personation, and likewise under Section 66D of IT Act (unfaithful utilizing a computer system source), a copy of which is offered with The Hindu

Remarkably, TTD is not the very first organization that Rama Rao had actually ever tried to cheat. In the past, he was found out to have actually recognized himself as C. Sridhar, Joint Secretary to the PM to look for admission in a Pune-based university. He had actually likewise fooled the Mysuru Tahsildar while looking for access to some land-related files.

Released – October 08, 2025 03:26 pm IST