Kerala woman loses phone on Mangaluru-bound train, Rs 4L fraudulently transferred from bank account
Mangaluru: A 41-year-old woman from Kannur fell prey to cyber fraud after losing her mobile phone during a train journey, resulting in the fraudulent transfer of nearly Rs 4 lakh from her bank account.
According to police, the complainant was travelling by train from Kannur to Mangaluru Central Railway Station on August 16 when she misplaced her mobile phone, as reported by Deccan Herald on Sunday.
Upon realizing her phone was missing, she immediately contacted Canara Bank customer care and Jio customer service to report the loss.
On August 18, her brother called the missing number, which was answered by a man who introduced himself as Rajesh. He claimed that the phone had been found along the Salem–Coimbatore route and assured that it would be handed over to the Coimbatore Railway Police by 5:30 pm.
Trusting his words, the complainant waited for further updates. However, when she received no follow-up, she filed a missing phone complaint at the Irrity Police Station in Kannur. After obtaining a new mobile phone and SIM card, she checked her Canara Bank account, only to find multiple suspicious transactions between August 16 and 18, totaling Rs 4,09,000.
Upon contacting the helpline (1930) and filing a complaint, further verification of her bank statement revealed that an unknown account had deposited Rs 1 lakh into her account, which was then withdrawn in multiple transactions. In total, around Rs 4 lakh was fraudulently siphoned off from her account, added the report.
Mangaluru South police have registered a case and are investigating the matter.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
