24 policemen suspended in MP for links with betting racket
Jabalpur, Jan 10: Twenty-four junior level policemen were Thursday suspended for their alleged links with a betting racket here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.
The betting racket was busted Wednesday and the seizure of a dairy revealed their links with bookies, he said.
"Twenty-four cops have been placed under suspension and line attached (taken off ground duty) after prima facie evidence pointed to their links with the betting racket," Superintendent of Police Amit Singh said.
A departmental inquiry has been ordered into the incident, he added.
Police seized a diary from a member of a gang that accepted bets after busting its illegal operations in the Gohalpur police station area Wednesday, Singh said.
The district police chief said the diary had the names of the policemen who have been suspended.
Later, the police interrogated bookies who admitted to their links with these policemen, who are of constable and head constable ranks, the SP said.
The accused admitted to greasing the palms of the suspended policemen to run their illegal business, police sources said.
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Janasena MLA loses Rs 12 lakh in fake RTA challan cyber fraud
Polavaram (Andhra Pradesh) (PTI): Andhra Pradesh police have registered a cyber fraud case after Janasena MLA C Balaraju lost Rs 12 lakh by clicking on a malicious APK file, a police official said on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred on March 6 when the legislator unknowingly accessed the fraudulent link, leading to unauthorised transactions from his bank account, following which he approached the National Cyber Crime Helpline and registered a complaint.
"We have registered a case after Janasena MLA C Balaraju from Polavaram constituency lost Rs 12 lakh by clicking on a malicious Android Package Kit (APK) file posing as an Road Transport Authority (RTA) challan," the official told PTI.
Fraudsters have transferred all amounts from the MLA's account after he clicked on the suspicious APK file, he said.
The complaint was later forwarded to the local police station on March 21 for further investigation, he added.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case under Section 318(4) BNS and Section 66 D of the IT Act and initiated a probe into the incident.
According to police, bank statements revealed that the withdrawn amount was traced to an ATM located in West Bengal.
It is suspected the involvement of an organised gang, possibly with international links, behind the cyber fraud, the official added.
