Dharmasthala: Haveri couple commits suicide
Belthangady: A businessman and his wife, residents of Byadgi near Haveri, ended their lives by hanging themselves at a room in temple lodge in Dharmasthala.
The dead have been identified as Mrutunjay Patil (60), a businessman, and his wife Netravati. The duo had arrived here two days ago by a car along with a driver. They were about to return to their native on Monday. But suddenly they cancelled their plan and stayed back in the room. When their phone was showing not reachable since Tuesday morning, the driver went to their room and found them hanging.
In a letter found in the room, an apology has been sought for committing suicide there. It is learnt that the couple committed suicide after getting disappointed by current political developments and distribution of money.
Senior police officials have visited and investigated the incident. A case has been registered in Dharmasthala police station.
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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.
