Posing as 'descendant' of Prophet Mohammad, man dupes 2 women of Rs 11 lakh in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): A 31-year-old man allegedly duped two women of around Rs 11 lakh in Mumbai by claiming to be a "descendant" of Prophet Mohammad and promising to double their gold jewellery and increasing cash flow in home, police said on Monday.
The man, Mohsin Ali Abdul Sattar Qadari, has been booked for cheating and criminal breach of trust, an official said.
According to the Mahim police station official, an FIR was registered against Qadari on a complaint by one Ansar Ahmed Abdul Gani, a local resident.
In 2022, the complainant and his brother Israr Farooqui met Qadari at a 'dargah' (tomb of a Muslim saint) in south Mumbai. During their conversation, Qadari claimed he was a descendant of Prophet Mohammad and possessed his hair, the official said.
Later, both brothers invited Qadari to their residence in Mahim, where he came with a glass box with a hair inside which he claimed was of the Prophet, he said.
After performing some rituals at their house, the man kept the glass box in their cupboard and locked it. Qadari asked the brothers not to open the cupboard till he told them to do so, police said.
After some days, he came back when the brothers were not at home. This time, he met the wives of the two brothers and asked them to keep all their jewellery near the box, saying it will double in a few days, and more money will come into their house, said the official.
As instructed by Qadari, the two women kept all their jewellery near the box. Later, he asked them to go out as he wanted to perform some rituals. As the two women stepped out of their home, the man took out the jewellery worth around Rs 11 lakh from the cupboard and fled, he said.
The cheating came to light after some days when the women narrated the incident to their husbands, according to the official.
When contacted, Qadari told the brothers he has sold the stolen jewellery as he was facing financial problems. One of them, Gani, then lodged a complaint, on the basis of which an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections related to cheating and criminal breach of trust was registered against the accused, he added.
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FM Sitharaman launches 'VijAIpatha' labs in govt schools in Karnataka
Hampi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched Cyient AI Labs (CyAILS) -- 'VijAIpatha', aimed at democratising access to Artificial Intelligence, STEM and Robotics education in government schools here.
In a series of posts on 'X', the minister's office shared pictures of the initiative launched at a girl's government school in Hosapete taluk and said that under the pilot phase, five world-class AI, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Robotics laboratories are being established in government schools.
Each lab will be equipped with high-performance computers, AI-ready software, robotics kits, IoT devices, sensors and secure broadband connectivity.
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"Aligned with NEP 2020, Digital India and Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi's mission of Viksit Bharat 2047, the programme integrates CBSE's AI curriculum and strengthens technology-enabled learning in public education," it said.
Focusing on rural and semi-urban India, the initiative introduces future technologies at the school level, helping build early digital fluency, computational thinking and innovation capacity among students, the minister's office said.
"Benefiting over 2,000 students and training more than 200 teachers, 'VijAIpatha' is a scalable CSR model fostering innovation, career readiness and grassroots digital empowerment," it added.
According to the office, the initiative has been designed as a scalable, replicable and sustainable model that can be adopted across districts and states in collaboration with government education departments, positioning it as a benchmark CSR model for a national AI education rollout.
