Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan arrested two days after being released from 5-year detention
Srinagar (PTI): Two days after Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from a five-year detention, he has been rearrested here in another case, officials said on Friday.
"Sultan was rearrested late Thursday night," the officials said.
He was first arrested in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case in September 2018 when he was working as a reporter with a local magazine.
The journalist was arrested for "allegedly providing logistical support to a banned militant group."
In April 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted him bail in the case on the grounds that investigative agencies "failed to establish his links with any militant group". However, days later he was booked under the PSA.
He was released from Ambedkar Nagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday and reached home on Thursday.
However, the family's joy was short-lived as he was taken into custody in another case the same night he returned home, the officials said.
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Mumbai nurse loses Rs 1 lakh trying to buy Rs 299 dress online
Mumbai (PTI): A nurse working at a private hospital in Mumbai was allegedly cheated of Rs 1 lakh after she tried to purchase a dress online for Rs 299, police said.
As per preliminary investigation, the fraud was orchestrated using a Facebook advertisement, a WhatsApp number and a fake delivery agent, an official from Deonar police station said on Saturday.
The nurse, who lives in a hostel here, in her complaint said she came across an advertisement on Facebook offering dresses at just Rs 299. She then tried to buy one piece.
The person at the other end initially sought payment for the dress, but later “continued to extract money under various pretexts such as shipping charges, GPS charges, tracking fees, verification codes and address confirmation,” the official said.
The nurse told the police that she paid Rs 1 lakh over five days between April 16 and 20, and was repeatedly assured that most of the money would be refunded and the order would be delivered.
When nothing happened, she realised that she had been scammed. She then contacted the Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 and lodged a complaint. The Deonar police have registered a case and launched a probe into it, the official said.
