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Techie loses Rs 60 lakh to his WhatsApp girlfriend after romantic chats

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June 27, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 27: The police have managed to arrest two persons after a city-based software engineer fell victim to a scam on a dating website and was duped of Rs. 59.72 lakh.

The victim, Sainath (name changed), had unsuspectingly transferred the above amount in instalments to his girlfriend, who had been fooling the former through constant WhatsApp chats for several months.

According to the police, the techie got to know Arpitha, a teacher (actual name is Rubali and actual profession is cheating, not teaching) on an online dating site. They started chatting on messaging service WhatsApp.

After a few days of WhatsApp romance, the woman requested Sainath to transfer Rs 30,000 to her account telling him that her father was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata. She repeatedly requested him to transfer more money, which all added up to Rs. 59.72 lakh over six months, stated the complainant, who approached police after realising that he was duped.

A team led by the DGP, CID verified the transaction details and found out that Rupali (38) was duping people in collusion with her husband Kushan Majumdar (49). The Kolkata based couple — B.Com. graduates — were arrested on Tuesday and bought to the city.

The couple did not have a steady source of income since 2009. Kushan earlier worked as a salesman. He also dabbled as an actor in Bengali serials, worked as a scriptwriter and as a freelancer in local media publications.

The police said that the couple had hatched a plan to dupe men online. Rupali would log in to the website to trap men. She would use photos of models as her profile photo.

The CID, who are investigating the case, have seized Rs 44,000, two mobile phones and bank passbooks from the couple. Further investigations are under way.

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Pulimunchi
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Wednesday, 27 Jun 2018

Hahaha.. He believed all her romantic lies so easily just like crores of Indians believed all bullshits of BJP.

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah criticised the current state government rates for COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals and said that the patients must be treated free of charge in all hospitals.

"The state government has fixed rates for treating COVID-19. The current rates are shocking to the people," Siddaramaiah said.
Questioning the state government, he said, "Where can people pay these rates fixed by the government per day? Looking at these rates can be heartbreaking for the people. This raises the question of whether the government is sensitive to people's issues."

"The government must promptly announce free treatment and set up a standard treatment protocol. The government should appoint a panel of experts to continuously monitor whether treatment is being properly administered and create an environment where the public is free from anxiety," Siddaramaiah added.

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 322 fresh COVID-19 positive cases and eight deaths.
According to the state health department, the total number of positive cases has mounted to 9,721 and 150 deaths. So far, 6,004 people have been discharged. 

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January 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 3: Mangaluru police arrested another person on charge of spreading communal hatred through messages. The accused have been identified as Abubakkar Siddique (48).

"One Abubakkar Siddique has been arrested in connection with a case for spreading communal hatred through inciting messages," said Dr PS Harsha, commissioner of police, Mangaluru.

On December 31, Police have arrested one person, Moideen Hameez, on charge of spreading communal hatred through social media.

The Mangaluru city police on Monday served notices to a few persons for posting inflammatory messages on social media.

The Cyber Crime police have summoned the accused persons to appear before it on January 2.

"Action against miscreants spreading communal hatred on social media underway in a major way. A dedicated team of cyber experts is keeping a hawk's eye on anyone fomenting communal disharmony anywhere on the internet," Harsha said in another tweet.

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: In an unexpected development, the government of Karnataka has transferred Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.

The development comes days after the IAS officer warned of legal action against those attacking cattle traders in the region.

Another IAS officer Dr Rajendra K V who was the CEO of Belagavi Zilla Panchayat, has been transferred and posted as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada.

Dr Rajendra is a medical doctor graduated from Bapuji Medical College, Davangere. He had secured the 32nd rank in the civil services examination in 2013.

Sindhu B Rupesh had taken over as DK DC in September 2019.  Now, she is posted as the director, electronic delivery citizen services (EDCS), DP & AR (e governance) Bengaluru.

Also Read: Death threat against DK DC Sindhu B Rupesh after she warns against attack on cattle traders

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