Patna, Aug 5 : The Bihar government has suspended six officials of a state child protection unit in the wake of the Opposition's demand to take stringent actions against the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district, authorities said on Sunday.

The state's Social Welfare Department suspended the six Assistant Directors of the unit on grounds that they did not act despite being informed over the ill treatment meted out to children at shelter homes.

The officers were from Muzaffarpur, Munger, Araria, Madhubani, Bhagalpur and Bhojpur districts.

The CBI is currently investigating case.

The horror came to light when the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

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Mangaluru: Mangaluru City police have arrested two persons for allegedly collecting bank accounts from the public and using them for cyber fraud.

The accused have been identified as Mohammed Aneesh (30) from Kasaba Bengre, Kuloor Post, and Saleeth Ahmed M (32) from Surathkal.

According to the Cyber Command Unit, a complainant Mohammed Sinan approached Mangaluru City Cyber Crime police station on Wednesday and alleged that the accused had taken his bank account under the pretext of using it for a trading business. However, the account was later used for cyber fraud.

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Based on this complaint, a case was registered under section 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act and under section 308 (5), 318(4), 319 (2), 3 (5) of BNS. During the investigation, technical evidence was collected and analysed.

According to police, the accused revealed that they purchased USDT from Indians at a lower price, and sold it at a higher price to scammers in China. The Chinese scammers allegedly transferred money obtained through cyber fraud committed against Indians into the bank accounts provided by the accused.

To facilitate these transactions, the accused collected bank accounts from general public in Mangaluru. The police seized four mobile phones, 18 debit cards, 17 bank passbooks, six cheque books, USDT 1,479.31 and a car from the accused.

It was also found that the accused had full knowledge of the cyber fraud. Whenever complaints were registered against the bank accounts used for cyber fraud, and the accounts were frozen, they allegedly collected new bank accounts and continued the fraudulent activities.

Further interrogation revealed that the accused had collected more than 70 bank account details from people in Mangaluru city and used them for cyber fraud. Out of these, 37 bank accounts were already reported on NCRP portal, with more than 88 complaints registered across the country.

Further investigation is underway.