Promised high returns on investments in online gaming platforms, Latur farmer loses Rs 30 lakh
Latur, Nov 27 (PTI): A farmer in Latur was cheated of Rs 30 lakh after being promised high returns on investments in online gaming platforms, following which two persons were booked, a police official said on Thursday.
Satish Bhivaji Bolange (42), a resident of Khalangri in Renapur tehsil, invested the amount between July and October this year on the advice of accused Dinesh Prakash Patange and Tanvi Nitin Salunke, the Kingaon police station official said.
"They told him several well-known personalities had already invested and profited from the scheme. The accused allegedly used multiple UPI IDs, wallets, and bank transfers to collect money in instalments, ultimately duping him of Rs 30,00,500. When no returns materialised for three months, Bolange realised he had been cheated," the official said.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Information Technology Act for cheating and other offences, he added.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
