₹71.41 lakh ATM fraud: Bank of Baroda assistant manager booked in Karnataka’s Bantwal
Mangaluru: The Uppinangady police have registered a case against an assistant manager of a Bank of Baroda branch in Perne village of Bantwal taluk for allegedly misappropriating ₹71.41 lakh by manipulating ATM cash deposits.
The accused has been identified as Subrahmanyam (30), a resident of Pulugujju, who was working as an assistant manager at the Bank of Baroda branch in Perne and was in charge of ATM supervision from September 4, 2023, to December 19, 2025.
According to the police, investigations revealed that between February 6, 2024, and December 16, 2025, Subrahmanyam allegedly failed to deposit the full cash amounts meant for the ATM and instead deposited lesser sums. Through this method, he is accused of misappropriating ₹70.86 lakh.
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During a safe locker inspection conducted on December 19, 2025, it also came to light that 4.400 grams of gold worth ₹55,000 had been stolen. The total loss to the bank has been estimated at ₹71.41 lakh.
Soon after the financial irregularities came to light, the accused reportedly left the branch without informing anyone. Based on a complaint filed by CVS Chandrashekhar (50), Regional Manager of Bank of Baroda, Jeppu, Mangaluru, the Uppinangady police registered a case under Sections 314, 316(5) and 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Police said further investigation is underway
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Austrian police detain suspect in case of rat poison found in baby food jars on supermarket shelves
Vienna (AP): Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.
HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in.
The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby food jar purchased at a supermarket in the city of Eisenstadt on April 18.
It said the suspect was being questioned, and that no further details would be immediately provided. The Burgenland public prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into suspected “intentional endangerment of the public.”
The Austrian Press Agency reported that an expert report on the toxicity of the poison was pending. A total of five tampered baby food jars were seized before they could be consumed, APA reported.
Authorities said previously they believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby food made with carrots and potatoes for 5-month-olds that were sold from SPAR supermarkets in Austria.
HiPP responded by recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Vendors in Slovakia and the Czech Republic also removed all of the brand's baby jars from sale.
The company said the recall was not due to any product or quality defect on its part, and said the jars left its facility in “perfect condition.”
Police said a customer at the time of the discovery had reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, but no one had consumed the baby food.
