Mumbai: Cyber frauds dupe college student of Rs 6 lakh
Mumbai (PTI): A 21-year-old college student from suburban Bandra lost more than Rs 6 lakh to cyber fraudsters who lured her with easy money, an official said on Tuesday.
The complainant on March 19 received a Telegram message from a person who identified himself as one Narenkumar and said she could earn money by clicking on a movie-related website, the official said. He then shared a link with her.
The complainant received some money in her bank account after she followed his instructions. A few days later, a woman got in touch with her and offered to pay handsome returns if she deposited money and did the same thing that she had done earlier, he said.
Through last week, the student paid more than Rs 6 lakh but did not receive the expected returns. When the man and woman did not respond to her messages, she approached the Bandra police station with a complaint, he said.
A case has been registered and a probe is underway, the official added.
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Congress leader stabbed to death by husband in Mysuru
Mysuru (PTI): A Congress leader was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband in Mysuru, police said.
According to police, Vidya was found murdered in her house.
Her husband Nandish was not reachable raising suspicions about his involvement in the crime, they said.
The couple has two daughters.
Vidya, a resident of Srirampur, Mysuru, was Congress' Mysuru city secretary. She had also acted in a few Kannada films, sources said.
There was discord between the couple and both would often quarrel. It is said that they had a bitter spat on Monday night following which Vidya was allegedly murdered at Turganur here.
Police have launched a manhunt for the husband.
