MP Kota Srinivas demands double-tracking of Konkan railway route
Udupi: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary has urged the union government to expedite the development works and take up doubling of tracks of the Konkan railway, a crucial railway route connecting Kerala, Mangaluru and Goa to Mumbai.
Poojary said the governments of Kerala and Goa have already agreed to merge the Konkan Railway Corporation with Indian Railways, and there are indications that the Karnataka and Maharashtra governments have also given their consent.
However, the merger process is being delayed, which in turn is affecting the development of the Konkan Railway line and its stations, he pointed out.
At present, the Konkan Railway network is under pressure to introduce new trains despite operating on a single track.
The corporation is facing a natural shortage of funds for double-tracking and modernisation works. If the merger with Indian Railways continues to be delayed due to procedural and coordination issues, Poojary, under Rule 377 in the Lok Sabha, urged the central government to independently take up the double-tracking of the route up to Mangaluru and Mumbai in the interest of passengers.
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Three arrested in Gurugram for aiding Chinese cyber fraud syndicate
Gurugram (PTI): The Gurugram Cyber Police has arrested three men for allegedly providing calling support to a Chinese fraud syndicate, officials said on Wednesday.
According to the officials, a 20-port physical SIM box and a laptop were seized from them. These arrests come after a woman from Nagaland was held in connection with the same case.
The arrested accused have been identified as Karma (32) from Nagaland, and Lobsang Tsultim (33) and Ngawang Gyaltsen (35), both from Himachal Pradesh. Karma and Tsultim were arrested on February 14. Gyaltsen was intercepted on February 16 near Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi while attempting to flee to Nepal.
Police said the accused, during questioning, revealed that they were using SIM boxes to facilitate fraudulent calls targeting Indian citizens.
Karma and Lobsang Tsultim admitted to installing virtual SIM boxes in Gurugram on the instructions of a Chinese national named Tsega, they said.
These setups, which included 20 mobile phones, were capable of making over 20,000 calls a day. Tsega, allegedly used an application to contact Indian citizens for various crimes, including gaming and investment fraud, they said.
Tsultim and Gyaltsen were born in China and have lived in India as refugees for 15 years. Fluent in Chinese and Taiwanese, they communicated with Tsega via WeChat, a platform banned in India since 2020, they added.
ACP Cyber Priyanshu Dewan said the three accused were produced in court on Wednesday and have been sent to judicial custody.
"We are working to identify others involved in the network," he added.
