Karnataka reports over 1k new COVID-19 cases for second straight day on Monday
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday recorded over one thousand fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state for the second consecutive day. The state reported 1,105 new cases and 19 deaths on Monday, a health bulletin from the Health and Family Welfare Department Department.
With this, the number of cases in the state has gone up to 14,295.
Bellary District reported 12 deaths in the last 24-hours due to the deadly virus. The toll in the state has now gone up to 226, including the 19 deaths reported on Monday. Among others, Bengaluru Urban reported four deaths, and Bagalkote, Dakshina Kannada, and Hassan reported one death each.
Bengaluru Urban once again topped the list of most cases reported in the last 24 hours as it reported 738 new cases. Bellary 76, Dakshina Kannada 32, Bidar 28, Uttara Kannada 24, Kalaburagi 23, Hassan 22, Vijaypura 22, Tumkuru 18, Udupi 18, Chikkamagaluru 17, Dharwad 17, Chikkaballapur 15, Yadgiri 9, Mandya 8, Mysuru 6, Shivmoga 5, Raichur 4, Bagalkote 4, Gadag 4, Kolar 4, Bengaluru Rural 3, Davangere 2, Chitradurga 2, Ramnagar 2 and Haveri, Kodagu reported one case each.
Of the 14,295 cases reported in the state so far, 7,683 patients have recovered and have been discharged from the hospitals including 176 on Monday. 226 patients in the state have succumbed to the virus while there are 6,382 active cases in the state currently.
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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.
