Himachal resident cheated by woman posing as social worker
Bilaspur (HP) (PTI): A resident of Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district was duped of Rs 20,000 by a woman posing as a social worker on the pretext of supporting marriage of underprivileged women, police said on Wednesday.
Vinay Kumar, a resident of Galore area, filed a complaint at Barmana police station alleging that on January 28 he met a woman who introduced herself as a social worker, they said.
The woman told Kumar that she helps poor families in getting their daughters married and took Rs 20,000 cash from Kumar as donation to support the cause, the police said.
The complainant alleged that after giving the money, the woman stopped picking up his calls. Following this, he moved to the police and filed a complaint, they said.
A large number of people who were victims of such fraud had come to Barmana police station and also met the Bilaspur SP.
DSP Bilaspur Madan Dhiman on Wednesday confirmed that the complaint has been lodged and further investigation into the case is being conducted by the police.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
