Man posing as serving Indian Army officer, duping people for Army recruitment, arrested in Mangaluru
Army Intelligence carried the operation jointly with local police
Mangaluru: Military Intelligence Unit in a joint operation with Mangaluru Police on Sunday arrested one person for allegedly cheating people by claiming to be a Junior Commissioned Officer in Indian Army.
The arrested accused has been identified as Manjunath Reddy, who was staying in his rented house at Lord Krishna Estate in Surathkal.
According to an official press release issued after Reddy’s arrest “Items related to Army uniform, used by imposter to pose as serving Indian Army Soldier including scanned fake Indian Army Identity Card, Fake Indian Army Dependent card and fake Indian Army rubber stamps were recovered from the house of imposter”.
The press statement added that the initial investigation into the matter revealed Reddy was earlier working inside “Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre, Belgau” campus as a civilian employee from where he purchased all the Army dress. Reddy has also said that he posed as Army Junior Commissioned Officer of the rank of naib subedar/subedar/subedar major and organised various public events like felicitation ceremonies for retired and families of martyred Army personnel. Through which he gained trust of people and later promised them of getting job in the Indian Army to serve as Soldier by taking money from them.
Reddy has reportedly duped various individuals and families of lakhs of rupees in the name of recruiting them in Indian Army. The Army Intelligence and Police team investigating the matter suspects a huge fake recruitment racket being run by fraudulent agents/imposters to make money. The team also suspects that Reddy will not be the lone member of the nexus and may have people from inside Army especially from Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre, Belgaum who might assist/guide the imposter in carrying such activities.
The army intelligence team was led by Major Swathi Srivalli Dharwadkar along with Mangaluru North Subdivision ACP. Further investigations into the matter are underway.
The press statement also warned people from being scammed by such imposters and added that Army selection is not done by means of paying money and no Army personnel will ask for money to provide direct recruitment order. It also urged people to use right channel for Army recruitment which is only by registering online on www.joinindianarmy.gov.in
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Two killed as college tour bus crashes into parked tanker, lorry near Maravanthe
Kundapur: Two persons died and several students were injured after a college tour bus rammed into a tanker and a goods lorry parked by the roadside near Maravanthe Beach in Trasi on Wednesday afternoon.
The bus was carrying final-year B.Com students of Rambhapuri College from Shivamogga district. According to sources, the group had left for the tour two days ago.
There were around 50 persons in the bus, including 24 male students and 23 female students.
The students had visited Murdeshwar and were travelling towards Udupi on Wednesday when the accident occurred.
Police said the bus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, following which the bus first hit a parked gas tanker and then crashed into a goods lorry stationed ahead.
The front portion of the bus was badly mangled in the impact. Preliminary information said the bus cleaner and a cooking assistant travelling with the group died in the accident. Several injured students were shifted to different hospitals in Kundapur for treatment.
