Cops, pregnant woman among 23 new cases of Corona in Udupi district on Sunday
Udupi, May 24: The district recorded as many as 23 cases of Corona infection on Sunday, including three police staff members and a pregnant woman, said Dr Sudhirchandra Sood, District Health and Family Welfare Officer.
Udupi district, which had been in the 16th position in the state with 53 Corona cases, is now in the 12th position, with a total of 76 cases of infection. It is, therefore, ahead of the neighbouring districts Dakshina Kannada, which is in the 16th position, and Uttara Kannada, which is in the 17th position in the state.
Of the 23 cases identified on Sunday, 17 cases are of people who came from different parts of Maharashtra, one is of a youngster from Telangana and another is of a 44-year-old woman who returned from the United Arab Emirates. The three police staff are the constables from Brahmavar and Karkala rural stations and assistant sub-inspector of the Ajekaru station. The pregnant woman who tested positive is a 22-year-old from Karkala.
Also, 11 of the infected persons are men, eight are women and four are children below 10 years of age. As many as 19 cases are of people who have come to Udupi district from other states and districts, while the remaining four are residents of the district.
The three police staff members who tested positive are 51, 41 and 29 years old and have been admitted into the Dr TMA Pai Covid Hospital in town. The Ajekaru, Karkala rural and Brahmavar police stations have been temporarily closed and will be sanitised as per the government guidelines. The stations will be opened only 48 hours later. In addition, people who had come to close contact with the three police staff are being identified. The district superintendent is taking additional care about the matter, Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesh has said.
The major case on Sunday being that of the pregnant woman from Karkala taluk, the government officials are investigating the cause for the infection, including the people she met. The district administration will ensure the women gets additional care as she is expecting delivery within about a fortnight, said the deputy commissioner.
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Bank account in Ramgarh tracked for fraudulent fund transactions across 24 states, 4 arrested
Ramgarh (Jharkhand) (PTI): Jharkhand police on Thursday said it has unearthed a network of interstate cyber frauds and arrested four miscreants for fraudulent transactions through a bank account in Ramgarh district after complaints of 274 suspected transactions in 24 states.
The states where complaints for fraudulent transactions were registered included Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
The action followed inputs received through 'Samanvaya portal', a centralised, web-based platform launched by the Union Home Ministry to curb cybercrime.
"We arrested four cyber miscreants after a current account with Kuju (Ramgarh) branch of the State Bank of India was found to have registered suspected financial transactions in 24 states with the help of the Pratibimba portal of the Home Ministry through the Samanvaya portal," Ramgarh Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Lunayat said.
During the probe, police found that the account was opened under the MSME Udyam Registration scheme in the name of Shree Ganesh Enterprises, he said.
The account had been linked to as many as 274 complaints from different states related to cyber fraud and illegal fund transfers.
The registered proprietors of the enterprise were identified as Rahul Gupta (37), Ravi Kumar Verma (34), and Ajay Sharma (33), all residents of Ramgarh district, a statement from the Ramgarh police said.
During interrogation, Rahul Gupta and Ravi Kumar Verma revealed that they had opened multiple current accounts at the behest of Ritesh Agrawal alias Munna (40) and Sonu Kumar Jha (34).
They admitted receiving Rs 1.2 lakh in exchange for facilitating the opening of these accounts.
"The accused further confessed to sharing OTPs, activating mobile banking services, and handing over control of the accounts to the main operators through WhatsApp and Telegram groups. These accounts were then allegedly used to route fraudulent transactions.
Police said mobile data analysis of the accused led to the recovery of crucial digital evidence, including details of SIM cards, bank accounts, passbooks, ATM cards, QR code scanners, Aadhaar cards, and PAN cards shared through messaging platforms.
A total of four accused have been arrested so far and sent to judicial custody.
A case has been registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 and Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Further investigation is underway, the police said.
