Burnt bodies of 2 children found inside Patna house, probe underway
Patna, Jul 31 (PTI): The burnt bodies of two children have been recovered from a house in Patna's Janipur locality, a police officer said on Thursday.
The cause of the incident is not yet known. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway, Patna City SP (West) Bhanu Pratap Singh told reporters.
The mother of the children works as a security guard at AIIMS-Patna, police said.
“The incident took place in Nagwa village under the jurisdiction of Janipur police station on Thursday. We received information that two children, with burn injuries, were lying dead inside their house. The bed on which the bodies were found was also burnt. We have sent the bodies for post-mortem examination,” Singh said.
Prima facie, it appears to be caused due to a fire in the house, said the SP, who visited the spot along with senior officials.
Asked about claims of the family members of the deceased that the children were murdered, Singh said, “We are investigating the case from all angles. Forensic experts have been engaged to help the investigators, and a team of the dog squad is assisting them, too. CCTV footage of the locality is also being examined.”
“The family members of the children told investigators that the room in which they were found dead was locked from the outside. The windows of the room were also locked,” the SP said.
SDPO, Phulwarishariff, Deepak Kumar, told PTI that the police are also recording the statements of the parents of the deceased.
Reacting to the incident, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, in a post on X said, “... Criminals entered a house and burnt the two kids of a nurse alive in Patna on Thursday. The criminals are so emboldened that now no one is safe, be it at home, office, or even hospital. The CM in slumber, criminals alert!"
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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.
