Fake website offering Sabarimala guest house facility detected, probe launched
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) (PTI): A fake website deceiving Lord Ayyappa devotees by promising guest house facilities at Sabarimala has been detected, police said on Saturday.
Pathanamthitta Cyber Police registered a case on Friday and launched an investigation into the fake website, officials said.
According to police, the website came to light when searches on Google for rooms available for booking at Sabarimala were conducted.
The website--sannidanamguesthouse.in--offered guest house facilities for Ayyappa devotees in Sabarimala, they said.
Two mobile phone numbers were provided on the website for booking rooms.
A police officer said they suspect some devotees may have lost money while attempting to book rooms through the website.
Upon investigation, police found that one of the numbers belonged to a person named Hamid from Haryana, while efforts are underway to trace the details of the second number.
Police later registered a case into the incident.
As per the FIR, the accused include the owner of the fake website, Hamid, and the person operating the second phone number.
The case has been registered under Sections 319(2) (cheating by personation), 318(4) (cheating), and 3(5) (joint criminal liability) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Sections 66(c) (identity theft) and 66(d) (cheating by personation) of the Information Technology Act.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
