Drinking water well goes "missing" in Bantwal, PDO files police complaint
Bantwal: While it is natural to register a missing report with the police when any person, animal, or assets go missing, at the Bantwal police station a unique complaint has been filed over the apparent missing of a well. The Narikombu village’s Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) reportedly filed a complaint, “A well has gone missing, please search and give”, at the Bantwal station.
In his complaint to the police, the Narikombu village PDO identified as Shivagondappa Biradar has asked the police to find the missing well which was constructed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee at the Narikombu gram panchayat jurisdiction in Nelyadka.
Additionally in the complaint, the PDO has also accused a resident of Nelyadka identified as Dayanand Poojary of covering the well with dirt and invading the area.
During the 13th year of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee scheme 2012, the well had been publically dug with a grant of 73,305 rupees. At present, a local named Dayanand Poojary has unlawfully closed the well and encroached on the area. Through his complaint, the PDO has asked for legal action to be taken against Dayanand Poojary for causing an economic loss to the government.
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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.
