3 held for creating fake websites resembling Patanjali Yog Gram
New Delhi (PTI): Three people were arrested from Bihar for posing as representatives of Patanjali Yog Gram in Uttarakhand's Haridwar and duping people seeking Ayurvedic treatment, police said on Saturday.
Twenty fake websites that resembled the Yog Gram were identified and their details sent to the National Internet Exchange of India to get them blocked, they said.
The accused have been identified as Harendra Kumar (25), Ramesh Patel (31) and Ashish Kumar (22), all residents of Bihar. Harendra is a website developer and he created the fake sites to dupe people, the police said.
Victim Nitin Sharma, in his police complaint, said he wanted to get Ayurvedic treatment for his son and found a contact number on the internet.
When he dialled the number, the person on the other end introduced himself as Dr Sunil Gupta from Patanjali and asked Sharma to pay Rs 10,000 as registration fee.
Sharma said he was asked to make multiple payments and he ended up paying Rs 2,40,500, a senior police officer said.
During investigation, police found that the mobile number flashed on the internet was purchased in Kolkata and was active in Nalanda, Bihar. The money deposited by Sharma was withdrawn from different ATMs in West Bengal, the officer said.
During investigation, Harendra was apprehended. Based on his submission, Patel and Kumar were arrested with from Giriyak in Nalanda with the help of police in that state, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi said.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that they used to purchase pre-activated sim cards from West Bengal, Assam and Orissa, and that they had created multiple bank accounts to carry out the fraud.
The websites resembling Patanjali Yog Gram were also created for the same purpose, the police said.
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EAM Jaishankar meets Jamaican PM, gifts over 10 BHISHM Cubes
Kingston (PTI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and discussed ways to further deepen "political, economic and people-to-people cooperation."
Jaishankar also conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Holness.
"Pleased to call on Prime Minister @AndrewHolnessJM in Kingston. Conveyed the greetings of PM @narendramodi," Jaishankar posted on X.
"Discussed deepening our political, economic and people-to-people cooperation. Value his commitment towards further strengthening India-Jamaica relations," the post further read.
Also, the external affairs minister handed over 10 BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita & Maitri) Cubes as a gift to Jamaica.
"Formally handed over 10 BHISHM Cubes as a gift from India to Jamaica, in the presence of PM @AndrewHolnessJM, Health Minister @christufton and FM @kaminajsmith," Jaishankar posted on X.
"The BHISHM Cube mobile hospital system, designed for rapid deployment, will help Jamaica during disasters and emergencies. The gift of these cubes is a statement of friendship, a commitment to disaster preparedness, and an outcome of innovation," the post said.
Jaishankar arrived in Kingston on Saturday evening, marking the first leg of his nine-day tour of Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, aimed at further strengthening India's strategic and cultural ties with the Caribbean nations.
Earlier in the day, he interacted with the Indian diaspora and discussed India's ongoing transformation in infrastructure, human development and technology-driven governance and entrepreneurship with them.
He also highlighted the cricket bond between both countries as India gifted a scoreboard to Jamaica.
A scoreboard was dedicated at Sabina Park in Kingston. It is the home of the Jamaica cricket team and is the only Test cricket ground in the Caribbean island nation.
The minister expressed hope that the new scoreboard would witness many memorable innings, including those symbolising the enduring friendship between the two countries.
Cricket has long been a strong cultural bridge between India and Jamaica, which is part of the West Indies cricket team.
Jamaican players, including Chris Gayle, Courtney Walsh and Michael Holding, have played a major role in shaping the legacy of West Indies cricket in the international arena, contributing to its dominance in earlier decades and its continued global appeal.
