Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments have entered into an agreement to increase the passenger traffic between the two states and improve facilities.

According to an official press release, the two governments entered into one principal agreement and eight supplemental agreements, so far.

"Due to increase in the passenger traffic between the two states and to provide better transport facilities to the travelling public, V Anbukkumar, Managing Director, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and D Tirumala Rao, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation held discussions and signed the route proposals of the State Transport Undertakings of both the states," the statement issued on Thursday read.

The agreement was signed at Vijayawada for the proposed Ninth Supplemental Inter-state Transport Agreement to operate bus services on the said routes.

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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A Japanese national, Hiroshi Sasaki, who works in Bengaluru, lost Rs 35.5 lakh after being 'digitally arrested' by cyber fraudsters, police said, on Thursday.

 

The incident occurred between December 12 and 14, police added.

Sasaki, who lives in a flat near Dairy Circle, received a phone call on December 12. The caller was claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller informed him that his phone number would be blocked due to its unauthorised use.

To avoid the disconnection Sasaki was asked to dial a number.

Upon dialling the number, he was immediately connected to a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be from the Cyber Crime wing of Mumbai Police. The caller informed Sasaki that he was involved in a money laundering case.

The fraudsters "digitally arrested" him and siphoned off Rs 35.5 lakh by having him make payments through various means, including RTGS.

He was also told that the money would be returned after the investigation was completed.

After realising that he had been duped, the victim approached the South East Cyber Crimes, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station and lodged a complaint.

'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the fraudster poses as law enforcement agency officials from agencies like CBI, and customs and threatens people of arrest by making video calls.

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