Vigilance sleuths of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) arrested 4 persons on Friday for cheating devotees by selling them common laddus and claiming that they were the famed Tirupati laddus.
According to Alipiri police, the vigilance officials conducted a raid when the 4-member gang was transporting laddus from Tirupati to the hill shrine at Tirumala, at Alipiri and took them into custody. The vigilance officials also recovered 270 laddus from them.
On interrogation, the gang admitted to their crime.
According to sources, the 4 members were selling the laddus for Rs. 10 each, against the Devasthanam fixed price of Rs. 25.
The accused have been identified as Radhamma, Manikyamma, Gouri and Nagaraju.
Vigilance officer Srinivas conducted the raid and registered a case under Section 420 IPC.