Mangaluru, May.10: BJP and JDS have struck a secret poll pact in the state and have done injustice to the people. But their strategy will not yield any result. Congress will win 130 seats in the upcoming election and Siddaramaiah will once again become the Chief Minister of the state said Chief whip Ivan D’Souza.

Speaking in a press meet at party office here today, he said “I have travelled across the district in the wake of upcoming election. There is pro congress wave everywhere. Especially, Anna Bhagya scheme has proved boon to the congress party”.

There is direct fight between congress and BJP in the state. In very few constituencies JDS is also in the race. In his election speeches at various places in the state Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks of different problems. But what he has done as a Prime Minister? Ivan questioned.

Congress will bag 15 out of 19 seats in coastal districts like Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada. There 14 per cent Muslims and 3 per cent Christians in coastal districts. But neither BJP nor JDS has given a single ticket to a Christian candidate. Hence, Christians will support congress party, the chief whip opined.

D.K district congress president Harish Kumar, KPCC general secretary U.B Venkatesh and others were present in the press meet.

 

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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A Japanese national, Hiroshi Sasaki, who works in Bengaluru, lost Rs 35.5 lakh after being 'digitally arrested' by cyber fraudsters, police said, on Thursday.

 

The incident occurred between December 12 and 14, police added.

Sasaki, who lives in a flat near Dairy Circle, received a phone call on December 12. The caller was claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller informed him that his phone number would be blocked due to its unauthorised use.

To avoid the disconnection Sasaki was asked to dial a number.

Upon dialling the number, he was immediately connected to a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be from the Cyber Crime wing of Mumbai Police. The caller informed Sasaki that he was involved in a money laundering case.

The fraudsters "digitally arrested" him and siphoned off Rs 35.5 lakh by having him make payments through various means, including RTGS.

He was also told that the money would be returned after the investigation was completed.

After realising that he had been duped, the victim approached the South East Cyber Crimes, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station and lodged a complaint.

'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the fraudster poses as law enforcement agency officials from agencies like CBI, and customs and threatens people of arrest by making video calls.

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