80 account holders lose Rs 20 lakh to hackers

June 17, 2012

Hackers

Yamunanagar, June 17: Courtesy hackers of savings bank accounts, around 80 account holders have lost approximately Rs 20 lakh so far. This became known on Saturday when police registered a criminal case at city police station.

Police said amounts were withdrawn from branches of State Bank of India and State Bank of Patiala from various branches since May 25. "The most recent incident was in the main branch of State Bank of Patiala wherein hackers withdrew an amount of Rs 10.10 lakh from accounts of 23 customers. A case under sections 406 and 420 of IPC has been registered,'' inspector Sandeep Kumar, station house officer (SHO) of city police station, who is investigating the case, said.

Enquiries revealed that it was only after the aggrieved account holders lodged a protest and raised anti-bank and anti-government slogans, the bank lodged a complaint with police department. The account holders alleged that the bank had been ignoring their representations.

"Before the latest incident, we had received complaints from account holders in Chhachhrauli, Jathlana and Jagadhari areas, who were similarly cheated in the last two weeks. We are investigating the case from two angles. The case of 23 customers who became victims simultaneously appeared to be the work of hackers. As per the other, around 67 cases of similar nature were reported from different areas of the district. We are also suspecting the role of some insider," Sandeep added.

Suresh Aggarwal, chief manager, State Bank of Patiala, said, "I have got an FIR lodged. Simultaneoulsy, I have written to higher authorities so that our special cell could dig out the truth. Regarding action at department level, it is upto the higher authorities of the bank to tackle the issue."

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Bengaluru: Cops catch two drug peddlers, probe underway

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February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru City have arrested two drug peddlers from Kerala and have seized banned products from their possession.

According to officials the arrested persons have been identified as Shinto Thomas (35) of Wayanad and Tajudden Talat (29) of Thiruvananthapuram.

"We have seized 4 kg 350 grams of Hashish oil, 21.5 kgs of Ganja, Rs. 9300 cash, two mobile phones, two ganja crushing tools, and 625 empty boxes and other articles from them", police said in a statement.

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Case booked against man for spitting in public

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April 11,2020

Hyderabad, Apr 11: With the Telangana government banning spitting in public places in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, a police case has been registered here against a man for violating the rule.

During vehicle-checking on Friday, police found the man spitting on the road here and registered a case against him for disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, police said.

Spitting in public places and institutions has been banned in the state in view of the pandemic with the government saying such acts pose a serious threat of leading to spread of infections.

"In the interest of public health and safety, the spitting of paan/any chewable tobacco or non-tobacco product, sputum in public places & institutions is hereby BANNED with immediate effect," a gvernment notification said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of hygiene and cleanliness in both personal as well as public spheres, the April 6 notification issued by the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department said.

"It is of utmost need to impose restrictions on unhealthy practices that may potentially lead to spread of such viruses and other infections," it said.

The habit of public spitting poses a serious threat of leading to spread of such infections, the notification added.

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