Kollur: A 21-year-old youngster from Tijari district of Rajasthan was arrested by Kollur Police on Friday, December 19, under allegation of having duped devotees by creating a fake website in the name of the Kollur Shri Mookambika Temple.
The arrested, identified as Nasir Hussain, allegedly created a website similar to the official site of the temple, offering booking of rooms near the temple, taking money from the devotees to book the rooms and giving them fake receipts.
Kollur Police had registered a case on November 3, based on a complaint filed by the executive officer of the Kollur Shri Mookambika Temple.
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The case was registered under the Information Technology Act since the Kollur Temple is under the Muzrai Department and the investigation was carried out under the directions of Kundapur Deputy Superintendent HD Kulkarni. The police team, led by Byndoor Circle Inspector Shivakumar B and Kundapur Rural Circle Inspector Santhosh A Kaikini, comprised Kollur Sub-inspectors Vinay M Korlahalli and Bhimashankar Sinnoora as well as constables Nagendra of Kollur Police Station, Raghavendra Shetty and Krishna Devadiga of Gangolli Police Station.
The investigation team arrested Hussain on Friday, and confiscated the laptop used for the crime.
The arrested accused was produced in Byndoor court on Saturday and sent to judicial custody.
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New Delhi (PTI): Ramzan fasts will begin on Thursday in India as the crescent moon marking the start of the fasting month was sighted in various parts of the country on Wednesday.
After the sighting of the moon, the holy month begins and for the next 30 days, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.
Shahi Imam of Chandni Chowk's Fatehpuri mosque Maulana Mufti Mukarram Ahmed announced that the crescent moon was sighted and the month of fasting will start from February 19.
Naib Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Shaban Bukhari also declared that the moon was sighted.
During this month, a special prayer called Taraweeh are offered in mosques in the evening. In this prayer, the entire Quran is recited and it continues till the sighting of the Eid moon.
Mufti Mukarram has appealed to the Muslim community to "pray as much as possible for the well-being of the 140 crore people of the country".
