Fake Facebook Account created to defraud people using name of Vartha Bharati’s Editor
Complaint lodged with Cyber Police
Bengaluru: In another case of online identity theft, on Thursday, an unknown offender created a fake Facebook account in the name of Abdussalam Puthige, editor-in-chief of Vartha Bharati Kannada daily, and reportedly attempted to defraud the online community with a false request for funds.
This new fake account has been created by tampering with the photos and information of Abdussalaam Puthige available on Facebook. Reportedly, the perpetrator messaged AS Puthige’s friends and acquaintances using the fake profile through Facebook messenger and build a friendly rapport to only suddenly make an urgent request for money citing an emergency. The offender had provided a number asking the victims to send money via Phone pay or Google Pay, it is learned. Alarmed by this, cautious netizens then immediately alerted Vartha Bharati Bureau, who then registered a complaint with the Bengaluru Cyber Crime Unit.
Abdussalaam Puthige has also posted a clarification regarding the episode on his official Facebook account. "It has been brought to my notice that my name, photo has been misused to create a fake Facebook account and it is being used to send messages to my acquaintances via Messenger requesting urgent monetary assistance. I have not sent any such messages to anybody. So do not believe any such messages being sent in my name. I have lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru Cyber Crime Division against the fraudulent activity being done using my name”, he clarified.
ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು, ಫೋಟೋ ದುರ್ಬಳಕೆ ಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರಿನ ನಕಲಿ ಫೇಸ್ ಬುಕ್ ಖಾತೆ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿ ನನ್ನ ಪರಿಚಿತರಿಗೆ ಮೆಸೆಂಜರ್ ಮೂಲಕ ಮೆಸೇಜು ಕಳಿಸಿ ಹಣ...
Posted by Abdussalam Puthige on Wednesday, 10 March 2021
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SC trashes plea for removal of Kejriwal as CM, says it is up to Delhi LG to act
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of chief minister after his arrest in a money laundering case related to excise policy scam.
"It is up to Delhi LG to act if he wants to but we will not interfere," a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said.
The court said it is a matter of propriety but there is no legal right seeking removal of Kejriwal as chief minister following his arrest.
“When the matter was being heard we had posed the same question to them. Ultimately, it is a matter of propriety and there is no legal right,” the bench told the petitioner.
The top court was hearing a plea of petitioner Kant Bhati challenging the Delhi High Court’s order dated April 10 by which his plea was dismissed.
