Another Multi-Crore scam rocks Bhatkal, owners of ‘Global Enterprises’ flee after duping locals
Bhatkal: Barely years after the infamous Flawless Ponzi scheme that cheated residents of Bhatkal of hundreds of crores, the town has once again been rocked by a major financial fraud. This time, the alleged scam involves a newly opened business ‘Global Enterprises’ whose owners reportedly fled the town after duping several customers.
According to preliminary reports, Global Enterprises had opened its showroom near Marikatte on the main road barely 15 days ago. The firm had claimed to offer furniture, electronic appliances, and other high-value goods at unusually discounted rates.
Locals said the owners, who hailed from Tamil Nadu, initially sold products at cheaper prices to gain the public’s confidence. After earning their trust, they began collecting advance payments from customers with promises of delivery within a few days. However, by Wednesday, the owners had disappeared, and their office was found locked.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati, Bhatkal Town Police Station PSI Naveen Naik confirmed that an FIR had been registered and an investigation was underway. “The owners of the firm are from Tamil Nadu. We have initiated efforts to trace and arrest them,” he said.
Naik also urged all victims who made payments to Global Enterprises to visit the Bhatkal Town Police Station with receipts and lodge official complaints. He assured that the police would investigate the case thoroughly and take swift action against the accused.
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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".
