Prostitution racket busted in Mangaluru; Three including two women arrested
Mangaluru, Feb 3: A prostitution racket, which was allegedly operating from an apartment in Attavar here was busted and four young women, including two minor girls were rescued, police said on Thursday.
A raid was conducted at the apartment based on a complaint from a victim, followed by the department of women and child development and head of a pre-university college, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said.
Three people, including two women were arrested in connection with the case. The accused have been charged under various sections of the IPC and POCSO.
Police sources said the minor victims had informed their college authorities about the physical abuse suffered by them. They had also been threatened that their videos will be made public if they did not co-operate.
The minor girls, who are PU students, are being counselled at the Sakhi centre of the women's police station here, the sources said.
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Interstate cyber-fraud racket busted in UP's Baghpat, 7 held
Baghpat (PTI): An interstate cyber-fraud racket involved in duping people on the pretext of providing bank jobs was busted by police in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday with the arrest of seven people, including two women, officials said.
Police said the accused were running a fake call centre and luring job seekers from several states by issuing forged appointment letters and fabricated agreements in the name of bank recruitment, collecting large sums of money in return.
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Twelve mobile phones, two laptops, two SIM cards on fake names, several forged appointment letters and agreements, 15 bank passbooks, two chequebooks, UPI QR codes, ATM cards and 11 other cards were seized from the possession of the accused, police said, adding that the data of around 6,450 people from different states was found stored in the laptops.
According to the officials, the gang misused information obtained from online platforms, such as OLX and job-related websites, to target unsuspecting victims.
The racket was uncovered following complaints received on the Union home ministry's "Pratibimb" portal and subsequent technical surveillance.
Investigations revealed at least 20 complaints from various states, including Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Meghalaya.
The arrested accused were identified as Mohit Kumar, Puneet Kumar, Vardaan, Anuj Kumar and Akshay, besides the two women.
They were arrested at around 11:30 am from under the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Kotwali Baghpat area.
A case has been registered at the cyber crime police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D of the Information Technology Act, police said.
