Mason commits suicide in UP after probe over transactions worth lakhs in his account
Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Frightened over a probe into transactions worth lakhs of rupees in a bank account which he had not opened, a poor mason has committed suicide here, police said on Thursday.
In the preliminary investigation, it appears that some foodgrain mafia had opened the account in the name of Ramashish for buying wheat /paddy at the purchasing centers and after receiving the payment stopped using that account, police said.
Ramashish, 45, a mason residing in Khutar town, committed suicide by hanging himself in his room on Wednesday evening, they said.
Quoting the complaint given by his wife Pramila Devi, police said the manager of Axis Bank branch in Khutar and another employee had come to his house and enquired about transactions worth lakhs of rupees in his account between 2015 to 2019 and asked as to why no transaction is taking place now.
The deceased had expressed his ignorance about the account and had told them that he is a mason and had never opened the account, police said.
Pramila Devi alleged that after this the bank manager took Ramashish's photo and asked for his Aadhar card.
It is also alleged that on Tuesday the bank manager and the employee threatened Ramashish by stopping him in the market, and on Wednesday he committed suicide out of fear.
Police has sent the body for post-mortem examination and investigations are on.
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Goa police arrest man from Bengaluru for cyber bullying woman and extortion
Panaji (PTI): The Goa cyber crime police have arrested a man from Bengaluru on charges of cyber bullying a woman and extortion after posting a fake job advertisement online, an official said on Sunday.
Following a complaint by the Goa-based woman, the cyber crime team arrested the accused, Mohan Raj V (29), on Saturday after laying a trap, a police spokesperson said.
The victim in her complaint claimed the accused published a fake job advertisement for a vacancy at a foreign bank and contacted her through a chatting app, he said.
"The accused lured her into attending an online interview via video call, during which some persons, posing as representatives of the company, coerced her to undress, recorded the video and took screenshots," the spokesman said.
The accused then began to blackmail the woman, demanding sexual favours to delete the compromising material, he said.
The woman alleged that the accused harassed her for the past two months and demanded she meet him in Bengaluru or else he would make her videos and pictures public.
A team led by Superintendent of Police Rahul Gupta travelled to Bengaluru with the victim and laid a trap.
"After extensive efforts and a long chase, the accused was apprehended when he arrived to meet the victim," the spokesperson said.
Police said the accused has confessed to his crime.
"The chats and videos of the victim recorded on the phone of the accused were recovered. The phone will be sent for a cyber forensic examination," he said.
The investigation suggested the accused created fake accounts using VPN phone numbers and posted fraudulent job offers targeting female victims.
"They (the arrested person and others) randomly contacted women, induced them to participate in online interviews with promises of high salary packages, and then recorded their objectionable images and videos. These recordings were subsequently used to blackmail the victims for sexual gratification," he said.
After the woman's complaint, the police on April 30 registered a case against unidentified persons.
Following the arrest, the accused was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 354 A (sexual harassment), 384 (extortion) and provisions of the Information Technology Act, the police said.
