With 735 new cases in Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka reports 1272 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday
84 fresh cases in Dakshina Kannada
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday recorded the biggest single day spike of 1,272 new COVID-19 cases and seven related deaths, taking the total number of infections to 16,514 and the death toll to 253, the health department said.
The day also saw 145 patients getting discharged after recovery.
Out of 1,272 fresh cases reported on Wednesday, a whopping 735 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone. The previous biggest single day spike was recorded on June 28 with 1,267 cases.
As of July 1 evening, cumulatively 16,514 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 253 deaths and 8,063 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 8,194 active cases, 7,902 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 292 are in ICU.
The seven dead include- two each from Bengaluru urban and Bidar, and one each from Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi and Hassan. Of the deceased, six are men between the ages of 30-80, and a woman aged 50.
Among the deceased two each are with the history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and Influenza-like illness (ILI), while the other two are returnees from Telangana and one person's contact history is still under investigation.
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 735 cases, followed by Ballari 85, Dakshina Kannada 84, Dharwad 35, Bengaluru rural 29, 28 each from Vijayapura and Hassan, Uttara Kannada 23, Udupi 22, Chamarajanagara 21, Bagalkote 20, Tumakuru 19, Davangere 16, Chikkaballapura 15, 14 each from Kalaburagi and Ramanagara, Koppal 13, 12 each from Raichura and Chitradurga.
While eight cases each were reported in Yadgir, Bidar and Belagavi, Kodagu recorded seven, five each from Mandya and Kolar, Shivamogga three, Gadag two, and Chikkamagaluru one.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with 5,290 infections, followed by Kalaburagi 1,450 and Udupi 1,228. Among discharges, Kalaburagi tops the list with 1,103 discharges, followed by Udupi 1,058 and Yadgir 838.
A total of 6,37,417 samples were tested so far, out of which 16,670 were tested on Wednesday alone.
According to the bulletin, 6,04,822 samples have so far been reported as negative, and out of them 15,185 were reported negative today.
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Bank account in Ramgarh tracked for fraudulent fund transactions across 24 states, 4 arrested
Ramgarh (Jharkhand) (PTI): Jharkhand police on Thursday said it has unearthed a network of interstate cyber frauds and arrested four miscreants for fraudulent transactions through a bank account in Ramgarh district after complaints of 274 suspected transactions in 24 states.
The states where complaints for fraudulent transactions were registered included Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
The action followed inputs received through 'Samanvaya portal', a centralised, web-based platform launched by the Union Home Ministry to curb cybercrime.
"We arrested four cyber miscreants after a current account with Kuju (Ramgarh) branch of the State Bank of India was found to have registered suspected financial transactions in 24 states with the help of the Pratibimba portal of the Home Ministry through the Samanvaya portal," Ramgarh Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Lunayat said.
During the probe, police found that the account was opened under the MSME Udyam Registration scheme in the name of Shree Ganesh Enterprises, he said.
The account had been linked to as many as 274 complaints from different states related to cyber fraud and illegal fund transfers.
The registered proprietors of the enterprise were identified as Rahul Gupta (37), Ravi Kumar Verma (34), and Ajay Sharma (33), all residents of Ramgarh district, a statement from the Ramgarh police said.
During interrogation, Rahul Gupta and Ravi Kumar Verma revealed that they had opened multiple current accounts at the behest of Ritesh Agrawal alias Munna (40) and Sonu Kumar Jha (34).
They admitted receiving Rs 1.2 lakh in exchange for facilitating the opening of these accounts.
"The accused further confessed to sharing OTPs, activating mobile banking services, and handing over control of the accounts to the main operators through WhatsApp and Telegram groups. These accounts were then allegedly used to route fraudulent transactions.
Police said mobile data analysis of the accused led to the recovery of crucial digital evidence, including details of SIM cards, bank accounts, passbooks, ATM cards, QR code scanners, Aadhaar cards, and PAN cards shared through messaging platforms.
A total of four accused have been arrested so far and sent to judicial custody.
A case has been registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 and Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Further investigation is underway, the police said.
