Two Tibetans held for credit card fraud in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Nov 11: Two Tibetan nationals were arrested in connection with a credit card fraud case here on Thursday, police said.
The arrested have been identified as Lobsang Sangyes (24) and Dakpa Phunde (40). Both the accused are said to be friends of the complainant, Alexander, a resident of Attavar, who had used a credit card for three years.
He had surrendered the same to the bank on March 23 due to hike in yearly fee of usage. His credit card statement showed that Rs 1,12,000 was transferred to different accounts from his account illegally.
Alexander then had filed a complaint in cyber police station on September 9.
The accused had transferred Rs 1,12,000 through Mobikwik wallet app to Fincare small finance bank in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra and also to the account of another accused Lobsang Sangyes in Uttara Kannada.
The accused were using banned Chinese apps WeChat and Redpack to transfer the money to different accounts.
City police commissioner N Shashikumar said the case will be considered seriously. As the fraud occurred after the complainant surrendered the credit card to the bank, police will also look into the role of the bank, he said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
