Fraudster arrested

A 35-year-old fraudster, who allegedly sexually exploited prospective female job seekers and filmed the acts, was nabbed by Rachakonda Police on Wednesday. Shaik Mastanwali, a resident of Guntur, was arrested by the Malkajigiri Police from Kushaiguda after his victims lodged complaints at multiple police stations in the last one month. The police said Mastanwali has been running his rackets since 2016.

The police said he ran his racket through offices opened in Begumpet. While he exploited women aspirants sexually and also took large sums of money, he used two of his women accomplices to threaten male aspirants with cases of sexual assault.

The police said his accomplices, Navaneetha, Santoshi and Ravi are absconding.