One more killed in TN police firing
Thoothukudi, May 23: One person was killed and four others were injured on Wednesday when police fired at protesters opposed to the Sterlite Copper smelter plant here in Tamil Nadu, police said.
The firing took place at Anna Nagar where a group of people were assembled. The dead person was identified as Kaliappan, 22.
Since morning, the police had asked the public to remain indoors to avoid any untoward incident.
The injured in Wednesday's police action have been taken to the Government Hospital, officials said.
Police also fired tear gas at the crowd assembled outside the Government Hospital where the bodies of the 10 who died in Tuesday's firing were kept.
The crowds were shouting slogans against the Sterlite plant and against the police. As they refused to disperse, police fired tear gas.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
