Woman lawyer held for cheating

Hyderabad: A woman lawyer was on Tuesday apprehended for allegedly duping two youths of Rs 1.25 lakh by promising them jobs in high court, police said.

Based on a tip-off, the South Zone Team of the Commissioner's Task Force apprehended lady advocate Zainab Fathima, who allegedly collected money from the youths on promise of job and issued fake and forged appointment orders to them, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police N Koti Reddy said.

The accused lured Syed Basheer-Ur-Rehman, and his friend Shabbir Ali through false promises that she would give them job of attenders in high court of Telangana and collected sum of Rs 50,000 and Rs 75,000 from them respectively in March this year, the police office said. Zainab gave them appointment orders with fake and forged signatures and fake stamps, police added.

Further investigation into the case is on.

Source:PTI