300 flee in West Tripura after clash over molestation
Agartala, Oct 19: Around 300 people of 61 families have fled and at least one house was torched in a clash between two communities in West Tripura district over alleged molestation of a tribal girl, police said Friday.
The four alleged molesters were arrested, they said.
According to the police, the girl, along with her boyfriend, had come to Ranirbazar area Thursday from a nearby locality to see Durga idols there and four youths allegedly molested her and snatched her mobile phone.
"The two (girl, boy) went back to their locality and then returned with a large group of people who tried to attack the houses of those who reportedly molested the girl," Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) B B Das said.
After the incident, panic gripped the Ranirbazar area, which is around 15 km from here, the SDPO said.
The clash continued on Friday and, on receipt of the information, state minister and Indigenous People's Front Tripura (IPFT) leader N C Debbarma rushed to the spot to pacify the situation.
"The situation, however, could not be controlled immediately. The raiders attempted to burn houses and succeed to torch one house today. Following this, around 300 members of 61 families fled. About 100 of them are now camping near Ranirbazar police station," the SDPO said.
District administration provided them food.
Das said a large contingent of police led by district Superintendent of Police Ajit Pratap Singh is camping in the area and the situation is now under control.
Leader of the opposition Manik Sarkar spoke to Chief Secretary L K Gupta and urged him to tighten the security of the panic stricken people, besides providing them food and shelter, Opposition CPI(M) spokesman Pabitra Kar said.
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Five held in multi-crore cyber fraud cases across India
Mumbai: The Vakola police arrested five individuals from Rajasthan and Thane on Saturday for their alleged involvement in multiple cyber fraud cases across the country.
The accused are identified Fujeel Ahmed Ansari, 21, Miraj Akram, 24; Mohammad Ansari, 27, from Bhiwandi in Thane district; Rajkaran Tanwar, 19; and Karan Segar, 19, both residents of Jaipur. They were allegedly responsible for converting the funds into cryptocurrency after transferring.
Investigations began after a complaint by a 26-year-old resident of Santacruz (East) who lost ₹3.4 lakh in a task-based fake job scam. During the investigation under Inspector Amar Patil, the leading police team traced back the bank transaction records to fraudulent activity in accounts based in Rajasthan and apprehended Tanwar and Segar.
Patil said that Mohammed Ansari operated around bank accounts not registered in his name, and his interrogation led to the identification and arrest of the remaining two accused. Patil further added that the group is suspected of defrauding people across the country of approximately ₹30 crore.
During the past four months, three cyber fraud cases were registered in Mumbai West, East, and North cyber police stations involving losses of ₹ 7.27 crore, ₹41 lakh, and ₹14 lakh, respectively.
More such cases involving losses of ₹22 lakh and ₹48 lakh were reported in Pune, Bilaspur, and Chhattisgarh. The accused are remanded to police custody till April 28 after appearance in court.
