Mangaluru: Fake Facebook id of MCC Commissioner created, demand money from people
Mangaluru: In an incident of identity theft and fraud, unknown perpetrators usurped money from close associates of Dr. Santosh Kumar, the Deputy Commissioner of Mangalore Municipal Corporation, by contacting them through a fake Facebook account impersonating the Deputy Commissioner. A case has been registered under the Cyber-crime unit in this regard.
According to the registered complaint, perpetrators reportedly used photos from Dr. Santhosh Kumar’s original Facebook account, along with Deputy Commissioner’s credentials and created a fake account to target his close friends and associates, and deceitfully procured money.
The perpetrators reportedly contacted Dr. Santosh Kumar’s friends through Facebook Messenger and sought money using the fake account. Dr. Santosh Kumar, who came to know about the fraudulent undertakings happening using his name posted about the incident on his real account to alert his friends and associates.
In his post, he said that an anonymous person had created a Facebook account using his name and was soliciting money from his mutual acquaintances. He requested his friends to not respond to any friend's request, email, message, or call from the suspicious account impersonating him.
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Allen, Raghuvanshi, Green power KKR to 29-run win over GT
Kolkata (PTI): Finn Allen blasted a 35-ball 93, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit an unbeaten 44-ball 82 as Kolkata Knight Riders kept their playoff hopes alive with a 29-run win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL match here on Saturday.
Sent in to bat, Allen went on a six-hitting spree, smashing 10 maximums and four boundaries to add 95 off 41 balls with Raghuvanshi (82).
Raghuvanshi then shared another 108 off 53 balls with Cameron Green (52 not out) to power KKR to a challenging 247 for 2.
In reply, GT could manage 218-4, riding on skipper Shubman Gill's 49-ball 85 and a 35-ball 57 from Jos Buttler. Opener Sai Sudarsan was retired hurt but returned to make a 28-ball 53 not out.
Sunil Narine (2/29) claimed two wickets and Saurabh Dubey snapped one for KKR.
For GT, Mohammed Siraj (1/50), Sai Kishore (1/38) were the wicket-takers.
Brief Score:
KKR: 247 for 2 in 20 overs (Finn Allen 93, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 82 not out, Camero Green 52 not out; Mohammed Siraj 1/50).
GT: 218 for 4 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 85, Sunil Narine 2/29).
