Woman dies after police allegedly stopped Ambulance on Karnataka border
Manjeshwara: A 70-year-old woman from BC Road died allegedly because she could not get timely treatment as the ambulance which was carrying her was stopped on Kerala-Karnataka border.
The deceased woman has been identified as Pathunhi, a resident of BC Road.
It has been reported that she had gone to Manjeshwar 15 days ago to visit her relative in Udyavara. She was suffering from age-related ailments and getting treatment from doctors at a Mangaluru hospital.
She was rushed to the same hospital in Mangaluru by ambulance on Saturday evening as her health was deteriorating. It is alleged that the police on duty on the Kerala-Karnataka border blocked the ambulance and did not allow it to pass on.
Later, the ambulance driver tried to enter Karnataka through other routes but Karnataka police refused to allow the ambulance in. It is alleged that the on-duty police at the border said that they did not want any patients from Kerala.
The woman was later taken back to the her relative's home in Udyavara where she breathed her last on this morning.
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Interstate cyber-fraud racket busted in UP's Baghpat, 7 held
Baghpat (PTI): An interstate cyber-fraud racket involved in duping people on the pretext of providing bank jobs was busted by police in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday with the arrest of seven people, including two women, officials said.
Police said the accused were running a fake call centre and luring job seekers from several states by issuing forged appointment letters and fabricated agreements in the name of bank recruitment, collecting large sums of money in return.
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Twelve mobile phones, two laptops, two SIM cards on fake names, several forged appointment letters and agreements, 15 bank passbooks, two chequebooks, UPI QR codes, ATM cards and 11 other cards were seized from the possession of the accused, police said, adding that the data of around 6,450 people from different states was found stored in the laptops.
According to the officials, the gang misused information obtained from online platforms, such as OLX and job-related websites, to target unsuspecting victims.
The racket was uncovered following complaints received on the Union home ministry's "Pratibimb" portal and subsequent technical surveillance.
Investigations revealed at least 20 complaints from various states, including Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Meghalaya.
The arrested accused were identified as Mohit Kumar, Puneet Kumar, Vardaan, Anuj Kumar and Akshay, besides the two women.
They were arrested at around 11:30 am from under the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Kotwali Baghpat area.
A case has been registered at the cyber crime police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D of the Information Technology Act, police said.
