Banker loses Rs 3.4 lakh, woman loses Rs 1.5 lakh to online fraudsters

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January 25, 2018

A 35-year-old bank employee left poorer by Rs 3.4 lakh after he befriended a “woman” on a matrimonial website. Dhananjay Bhat Chitte, a resident of Bengaluru, told the police that he trusted a person, who called herself Shilpa, and paid her money.

After several online interactions and telephone conversations, Mr Chitte asked the woman to marry him. She agreed to take the relationship forward, but later turned to him for financial help citing a medical emergency, said the police.

According to the complaint filed by Mr Chitte, ‘Shilpa’ told him that her brother had been hospitalised for a surgical procedure and the family needed Rs. 3.4 lakh to pay the hospital bill. He agreed to help and transferred the amount to her bank account. A few days later, however, when he tried to reach out to her, he found the mobile switched off. And thus, ‘Shilpa’ was unreachable.

Realising that he had been duped, Mr. Chitte filed a complaint with the Girinagar police, who are now trying to track down the culprit.

Rs 1.45 lakh gift!

In another online scam, a 49-year-old woman was recently duped by a person who befriended her on social media and ‘borrowed’ Rs. 1.45 lakh from her, promising her to send her a New Year’s gift.

The victim, Veena V.C., a resident of HAL II Stage, told the police that the person had introduced himself as Gerald Louis from the United States. In December last, he told her that he would be sending her a New Year’s gift as a token of their friendship.

A few days later, a person contacted her on her mobile phone saying a parcel had arrived for her from the U.S., but to claim it from customs she would have to pay Rs. 1.25 lakh. In a separate transaction, she was made to transfer another Rs. 20,000.

Afterwards, when she did not receive the gift, she contacted Louis, who allegedly threatened to upload some private photos that she had sent him. The cybercrime police are investigating the matter.

Comments

Vinod
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

Ads wont help to avoid such fraudsters. Because they are acting as intimate one. In relationship, people wont think about such frauds. Only after happening, they will realise that it happen to her/him

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

Police and govt  should give advt regarding such fraud cases.

Ganesh
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

Fraudster using new methods. They people are the most knowledge updating people i guess

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February 26,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26: The Kerala Police on Wednesday arrested a man who had threatened people protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi on social media.

"The person was arrested by Agali police in Palakkad district for trying to instigate communal violence," the Police said.

On Tuesday, Kerala DGP Lokanath Behera had said that strict action will be taken against those who try to create any communal divide.

"Action will be taken against those who create or forward such messages that create communal tension through social media. All messages on social media are under police surveillance," he said.

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May 10,2020

Mangaluru, May 10: A delegation of Muslm community leaders called on Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Roopesh and discussed her about quarantine facilities for Indians returning from Gulf amidst covid-19 lockdown.

First evacuation flight from Dubai to Mangaluru will operate on May 12. Demand is mounting on the Centre to operate more flights from Gulf countries including UAE and Saudi Arabia.

International passengers will not be direct sent home after they land at any Indian airport. They will be divided into two categories. After screening at the airports, symptomatic will be sent directly to the covid-19 hospitals and asymptomatic and healthy will be sent for mandatory quarantine in designated hotel rooms and guest houses.

District administration has clarified that those who are under quarantine in hotels and guest houses will not be allowed to have outside food. Nor they will be allowed to contact anyone.

The delegation brought to the notice of DC that there will be many fasting Muslims among Gulf returnees and they need Suhoor and Iftar facility during Ramadan. The DC positively responded and assured that such facility will be arranged in the hotel rooms.

The delegation also asked about the claim of the officials of ministry of external affairs that delay in arranging quarantine facility in Karnataka delayed the evacuation flights from Gulf countries to the state. The DC said that the district administration has already made necessary arrangements for those who are coming to Dakshina Kannada.

Led by Mangaluru MLA U T Khader, the delegation comprised of JD(S) MLC B M Farookh, S M Rasheed Haji, Shafi Saadi, Mumtaz Ali, Kanchur Monu, B A Mohiuddin Bava, Ibrahim Kodichal, Rasheed Haji of Ullal Dargah and others.

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July 20,2020

Lucknow, Jul 20: Dr Azizuddin Sheikh, who was fighting COVID-19 as a front line worker, passed away after contracting coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh. He is survived by a wife and three small children. 

40-year-old Dr Azizuddin, who hailed from Rajasthan, was serving as a paediatrician at Avanti Bai Hospital and Duffein Hospital, Lucknow for past few years. He had also worked in the Middle Eastern countries. 

When a large number of doctors preferred to stay home following the covid-19 outbreak, Dr Azizudin was working 16 to 17 hours battling the pandemic. 

According to sources, he tested positive for the covid-19 last month. “After the reports came positive, he had to call the concerned authorities many times to take him to the hospital,” recalled his family members.

He was first admitted to Lok Bandhu Hospital and was later shifted to KGMU after his condition deteriorated. Later he was taken to SGPGIMS.
 
“Despite following all the guidelines and taking every precaution while treating coronavirus patients, he tested positive for the covid-19. It’s a shock for all of us,” he said.

He used to console his family members and instill confidence among them, said one of his relatives. 

A local newspaper quoted his friends as saying that he was very dedicated in serving people that he used to take minimal possible fees from his patients. When the family asked him to increase consultation fees his reply would be, “They are poor people, how will they afford”?

After his death, one of his patients Alok Singh wrote about an incident. “When I asked doctor Sahib why he charges so less, his answer was I have to answer Allah. The truth that he has left us will always be the reason for our grief.”

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