Bihar: Real estate brokers illegally build bridge on river to increase prices of adjoining lands
Purnea (PTI): A small bridge has been illegally constructed on a river in Bihar's Purnea district allegedly by real estate brokers in a bid to increase the prices of adjoining tracts in which they had stakes, officials said on Friday.
Authorities have ordered the demolition of the 60 feet-long and 10 feet-wide bridge on Kari Koshi River.
Speaking to PTI, Purnea Municipal Commissioner Kumar Mangalam said, "A 60 feet by 10 feet bridge has been constructed on Kari Koshi River in ward number 4 in Rahmat Nagar area of Purnea town by private persons without the consent of the civic body.
"The area is under the jurisdiction of the Purnea Municipal Corporation (PMC). We have sought a clarification from the Water Resources Department as well," he added.
The bridge has been constructed without the knowledge of the PMC, the commissioner said, adding that a team of officials visited the place on Thursday to take appropriate action.
"But people with vested interests provoked locals who objected and prevented the PMC officials from taking further action. We will certainly take action as per the existing law," he added.
The official, however, did not rule out the possibility of the involvement of the land mafia and brokers behind the construction of the small bridge.
Locals are not revealing the identity of those who are behind the construction of this bridge, the municipal commissioner added.
Before this incident, a bridge without approach roads was constructed by the authorities on Burhi Gandak River in Muzaffarpur district.
Photographs of the bridge had gone viral on social media and it had hit the headlines.
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Woman duped of Rs 1.67 cr by cyber criminals over promise of share trade profits
Mumbai, Apr 3 (PTI): A 50-year-old woman was duped of Rs 1.67 crore by online fraudsters who promised her high returns from share trading and IPO subscriptions, a police official said on Thursday.
The woman, who is freelance consultant living in Lokhandwala Complex in Kandivali East, was duped between February 2 and March 14 this year, he added.
"On Wednesday, she approached North Region Cyber Police Station and lodged a complaint, after which a case was registered against four unidentified fraudsters. The woman has told police she is active on various social media platforms, including Instagram. On February 2, she received an advertisement of share trading with a link on Instagram," he said.
"She clicked the link and was added to a WhatsApp group. The accused claimed to be working in one TradeSmart company involved in share trading, block trading and IPO subscriptions. She deposited Rs 1.67 crore but later realised she had been cheated. A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Information Technology Act," he added.
