41-year-old man from Udupi loses nearly Rs 30 lakh in online investment scam
Udupi: In yet another alarming case of cyber fraud, a 41-year-old man from Udupi has reportedly fallen prey to an online investment scam and lost Rs 29,68,973.
According to a complaint filed at the Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station, the victim, identified as Chandrakant, was contacted on September 11 via Telegram by a user operating under the handle @Anjana_198_off. The sender claimed to represent Royal Mint, described as an official UK government organisation, and promised high returns through investments in gold, silver coins, and bars, as reported by Deccan Herald on Thursday.
The message lured the victim with the offer of becoming a “gold bidder,” promising daily earnings ranging between Rs 1,500 and Rs 5,000 by simply using a mobile phone or laptop.
Convinced by the promise of quick profits, Chandrakant agreed to join and was provided with a link to a platform supposedly run by Royal Mint.
Between September 18 and October 10, he transferred a total of Rs 29,68,973 to multiple bank accounts shared by the fraudsters. However, he neither received any profits nor got his money back.
Realising he had been cheated, Chandrakant approached the CEN police, who have registered a case under Sections 66(c) and 66(d) of the Information Technology Act and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
