Boy injured as IED planted by Naxalites goes off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
Bijapur (PTI): A boy suffered injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxals went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Friday.
The incident took place on Thursday afternoon in Pidia village within the jurisdiction of Gangaloor police station, a police official said.
The minor inadvertently came in contact with the pressure IED, which exploded, causing him injuries, he said.
Local villagers informed security forces about the incident, following which a joint team of CRPF’s (Central Reserve Police Force) 199th and 85th battalions administered preliminary treatment to the boy. He was later shifted to Bijapur district hospital for further medical care, he said.
Security personnel have launched a search in the area to check if more IEDs were planted there, he said.
Maoists often plant IEDs on dirt tracks to target security personnel who use such routes during anti-Naxal operations inside forests. Many civilians have fallen prey to such traps in the past in the Bastar region, police said.
Two people were injured in separate IED blasts in Bijapur district in August.
On July 13, three persons, including a minor girl, were wounded in a similar incident in the Madded area of the district.
A total of 38 people have lost their lives in Maoist violence, including IED blasts, in the Bastar region, comprising seven districts, including Bijapur, so far this year.
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3 officials of private banks arrested in Gujarat in Rs 2,500 crore cyber fraud; 20 held so far
Rajkot (PTI): Three officials of leading private banks were arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rs 2,500-crore cyber fraud racket in Gujarat's Rajkot district, bringing the number of those held so far in the case to 20, police said on Monday.
Those arrested were identified as Maulik Kamani, a personal manager at Yes Bank in Padadhari; Kalpesh Dangariya, a manager at Axis Bank in Jamnagar; and Anurag Baldha, a personal banker with HDFC Bank, Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar said.
Dangariya and Baldha were previously employed with Yes Bank, he added.
Kamani allegedly assisted the earlier arrested accused in opening and managing suspicious accounts. He also helped bypass banking alerts triggered by high-value transactions by submitting additional documentation to keep accounts active, the SP said.
Kamani was allegedly involved in cash withdrawals that were later routed through hawala channels (illegal money transfer system), supported by digital evidence recovered from his mobile device, he added.
Dangariya is accused of facilitating the opening of fraudulent accounts using fake or misrepresented identities, police said.
He also assisted in structuring documentation, including Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)-related papers, to prevent transactions from being flagged as suspicious, they said.
On the other hand, Baldha opened new accounts after verification and certification processes as part of the racket, Gurjar informed.
All the three accused are in police custody, while others are in jail under judicial remand, SP said.
So far, police have identified 85 bank accounts linked to the racket with 535 complaints filed on the cyber crime portal.
The total transaction linked to the cyber fraud exceeds Rs 2,500 crore, police said.
The earlier fraud amount was pegged by police at Rs 1,500 crore.
