7 held for hacking accounts and stealing cash using fake SIMs

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January 13, 2016

Bengaluru, Jan 13: The sleuths of the Cyber Crime police station have arrested seven people, including a Deputy Manager of Axis bank, for allegedly siphoning off cash Rs 1.8 lakh by fraudulent means.

hackingPolice said that on December 29, S.R. Narasimhan, retired Chairman and MD of National Hydro Electric Power Corporation, filed a complaint stating that the service of his Vodafone mobile number was terminated on December 4. After that his Axis Bank savings account was hacked and Rs 1,80,3751 was debited from his account in 17 fraudulent transactions made by unknown people on the intervening night of December 4 and 5.

The complainant came to know that his prepaid mobile connection has been changed to postpaid one by using fake documents by some unknown person. A case was registered under the provisions of IT Act.

The police team, led by DySP M.D. Sharath, found that Gopikrishna alias Gopi, 30, a Deputy Manager of Axis Bank’s Peddapalli branch in Telangana, had conspired with three accused - Ramana alias Ramana Reddy, 45, Nageswara Reddy, 27, and Veerabrahmam alias Anand, 23, - and provided them the account details customers in Karnataka, who were maintaining huge balances in Axis Bank.

“Nageswara Reddy and Anand obtained duplicate SIM card of the complainant's registered mobile number with the bank from Vodafone Store, by submitting fake documents and also changed the plan. The staff at Vodafone Store issued the SIM card without verification. Later, the accused transferred the amount to different mobile numbers using mobile banking and the LIME wallet options of Axis Bank and later withdrew the amount from Axis Bank ATMs,” the police said.

“The other three accused - Ramesh, 30, Kiran, 33, and Padmaja, 35, - had helped Nageswara Reddy and his accomplices obtain more than 100 fake SIM cards of Reliance company. Kiran, a distributor, provided SIM cards for fake documents, while Padmaja was a retail SIM card distributor. The accused had taken duplicate SIM cards of various victims from BSNL, Vodafone, Aircel and other service providers. These providers had issued duplicate SIM cards without proper verification.

Investigations also revealed that the accused have also hacked SBI Buddy Application and transferred money. FIRs have also been registered in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the police said. The police arrested all the seven accused within a week of filing the FIR.

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Suleman
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Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016

Next you will hear all those are released under bail.

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July 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 18: Veteran actor Hulivana Gangadharaiah has passed away due to novel Coronavirus at the age of 70 on Friday night at a private hospital. He has acted in films, plays and serials as well.

He was acting in the romantic serial Premaloka which has Vijay Suriya and Ankitha Navya Gowda in lead roles.

According to reports, after he showed the symptoms of having Coronavirus, he got self-isolated at his farm house. When his health condition deteriorated, he was admitted to the hospital. Gangadhariah has acted in over 100 films, 150 plays and many serials lived his life in a simple way.

Condoling the death of Gangadharaiah, T N Seetharam on his Facebook page posted, “The death of a friend and a wonderful actor Hulivana Gangandharaiah is painful. In Aaspota play, the role of a driver he played brought immense popularity ro the play. When George Fernandes watched the play he appreciated his character. In the serial Muktha Muktha, he played the role of a politician Rajanandaswamy with ease which was aired for over three years brought us closer. In the modern theatre, Nagesh whom I consider as Guru used to cast Gangadharaiah in each play he directed which reflected the kind of faith he had in him. After a few years, he got involved in agriculture so I did not had much contact with him. It’s been nearly eight years I last met him. It is very sad that we have lost him.”

Lead actor of the serial Premaloka, Vijay Suriya has also mourned the death of Hulivana Gangadharaiah who was seen in a pivotal role in the serial.

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January 15,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 15: A 28-year-old man, who is a first-year MBBS dropout, was arrested by the police after he posed as a doctor and treated patients at a private hospital at Derlakatte on the outskirts of the city.

The arrested has been identified as Mohammed Habib Hussain, a native of Shivamogga, who was residing in Attavar, Mangaluru. He had discontinued studies after the first year due to personal reasons.

The incident took place on Sunday night  at Yenepoya Medical College, Derlakatte. Dr Sampathila Padmanabha, medical superintendent, Yenepoya Medical College, said the accused had come to the medical college at midnight on December 29.

After speaking to the security guard at the hospital entrance, he introduced himself as an assistant to the consulting urologist, and wanted to visit patients at the private ward situated at floor number 7.

After entering, he called the duty nurse to get case sheets. Later, he examined two women patients in the presence of the duty nurse, and also wrote a prescription on the patient case sheet. He also yelled at a nurse, saying that she isn’t doing her duty properly, and left the place.

However, the nurse who grew suspicious, informed the management, after the accused had left the place. The management, who crosschecked about the accused, found out that he is not a doctor, and that he is also not associated with the hospital.

The management sent an advisory to all employees to produce their identity cards, whenever they enter any wards, especially at night, and also to keep an eye on anyone suspicious. The same message was passed on to other hospitals in the vicinity.

The accused again showed up at the hospital on Sunday night. As security guards were told about strangers visiting the hospital in the guise of doctors, he was allowed to enter the hospital premises, so that he can be apprehended. He later went to the reception counter and queried about the consultant urologist. When he noticed that the staff had an idea about what was happening, he tried to flee from the spot. He was later caught by a security guard, and the police were informed. He was arrested by Ullal police station personnel.

Dr Padmanabha added that he used to roam around with his friend in a car. He was also involved in a similar incident at a private hospital in Kankanady, and the same has been informed to the police. He visited hospitals in a car, which has been seized by police.

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May 25,2020

Bengaluru, May 25: The 36-hour marathon lockdown call given by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, passed off peacefully with people opting to remain inside their houses and cooperate with the state government to fight against spread of deadly Covid-19.

Though the call was only for 24 hours from 7 am (Sunday) to 7 am (Monday) another 12 hours was added to it as the night curfew was already in force from 7 pm on Saturday and the next day (Sunday) it continued till Monday up to 7 am.

Autorickshaws and bus service were off the road giving a tough time to people arriving from neighbouring places reach home that too during the night. Adding to their woes was heavy rain that lashed the city for more than two hours on Sunday evening flooding the streets.

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