With 1,267 Covid-19 cases, Karnataka sees highest single-day spike
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Sunday recorded the largest single-day spike of more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases and 16 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 13,190, the health department said.
The day also saw 220 patients getting discharged after recovery; even as 243 patients in the state were undergoing treatment at the ICU.
Out of 1,267 fresh cases reported on Sunday, a whopping 783 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone. The previous biggest single-day spike was recorded on June 27 with 918 cases.
As of June 28 evening, cumulatively 13,190 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 207 deaths and 7,507 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 5,472 active cases, 5,229 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 243 are in ICU.
The 16 dead, include four from Bengaluru urban, three from Dakshina Kannada, two each from Tuamkuru and Bagalkote, and one each from Dharwad, Hassan, Mysuru, Ballari, Kalaburagi.
Among the deceased, 11 are between the age group of 31 and 70 years, and five women between 48-76 years.
While most of those who died had the history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), three were with Influenza-like illness (ILI), and one each with travel history and contact of patients earlier tested positive.
While, one dead patient's contact history is still under tracing.
Among the districts where new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounts for 783 cases, Dakshina Kannada 97, Ballari 71, Udupi 40, Kalaburagi 34, Hassan 31, Gadag 30, Bengaluru rural 27, eighteen each from Dharwad and Mysuru, Bagalkote 17, Uttara Kannada 14, Haveri 12, Kolar 11.
While Belagai reported 8 cases, seven each were reported in Bidar and Chitradurga, six each from Raichur, Mandya and Davangere, Vijayapura 5, Shivamogga 4, three each from Chikkaballapura, Koppala, Chikkamagaluru and Kodagu, Tumakuru 2, and Yadagiri 1.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 3,314 infections, followed by Kalaburagi 1,398 and Udupi 1,179.
A total of 5,95,470 samples were tested so far, out of which 13,835 were tested on Sunday alone. So far 5.66 lakh samples have come out as negative and out of them 12,448 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.
