The Mumbai cyber cops have arrested Budumuru Nagaraju, who once represented Andhra Pradesh at the Ranji level, for duping a city-based electronics company of Rs 12 lakh. The 28-year-old cricketer turned into a conman in 2018 after a politician cheated him of Rs 15 lakh after promising him a job in the railways, said the police.

When Nagaraju asked for his money back, he was allegedly beaten up, cops from the Mumbai cyber cell told mid-day. Nagaraju played Ranji between 2014 and 2016 and was selected for SunRisers Hyderabad in 2018. He faces at least 30 cases of cyber fraud in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, cops said. He was arrested based on a complaint filed by a leading electronics company based out of Mumbai. According to the cyber cell, Nagaraju called the company impersonating Nageshwar Reddy, the personal assistant to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister and said that the CM wanted to speak to the managing director (MD).