HYDERABAD: Unknown offenders have used the display picture (DP) of IAS officer Dr G Srijana on WhatsApp and sent messages to three district welfare officers seeking financial assistance. Based on the complaint of the officer’s personal secretary, a case was registered by the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police.IAS officer Srijana is director of panchayat raj & rural development and also director (full additional charge) Women & Child Development. On Tuesday evening, M Manikantesh, personal secretary to the IAS officer, lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police station alleging that an unidentified fraudster created a WhatsApp profile using the officer’s photograph and name. According to the complaint, the impostor, operating from an international number with Nepal’s ISD code, sent messages to at least three district welfare officers seeking urgent financial assistance.
