BJP leader dies in car-bike accident
Shankaranarayana, May.9: A BJP leader died after the bike he was riding hit by a car near Balkattu bridge on Kundapur-Siddapur state highway in Amparu village here on Wednesday, May 9.
The deceased has been identified as former gram panchayat member Mahesh Hegde (56). He was the husband of Kundapur taluk panchayat member Shrilatha Shetty.
Occupant of the car Shankar Shetty and the driver of the car sustained serious injuries and were admitted in Manipal hospital.
Hegde was returning to his house on his bike after taking part in election campaign of Kundapur BJP candidate Halady Shrinivas Shetty. A car moving from the opposite direction rammed into his bike near Balkattu bridge. Later the car hit a nearby jackfruit tree and fell into a drain.
Mahesh Hegde was rushed into a hospital but he breathed his last on the way. On getting information, Haladi Shrinivas Shetty immediately visited the hospital.
A case has been filed at Shankaranarayana police station.
Due to untimely death of Mahesh Hegde, Halady cancelled the foot march organised on Wednesday and Thursday, sources said.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
