Malkapuram Church Pastor turns impostor

Police arrests on charges of cheating and impersonation

October 2, 2007
Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam

A a church pastor from Malkapuram,Solomon Raju, was arrested by the police for impersonation and cheating the family of a construction worker who died in an accident in an July 2006. According to police sources, Satish Kumar of Kakinada and Emmanuel of Visakhapatnam did their Intermediate at Kakinada a few years ago. He came here for livelihood and was living with the family of Emmanuel and is working at the BHPV construction site at Malkapuram.

Satish accidentally fell off a building and died. Emmanuel's father Solomon Raju posed himself as the lone relative of Satish and claimed the benefits from the construction company by keeping the deceased family in the darkness.

Jhansirani and her brothers who got suspicious recently inquired into the matter and informed the police. The police arrested Raju and have sent to judicial custody and the investigation is going on.