Kadaba: ATM fraudster dupes man of thousands of rupees
Kadaba: An unidentified caller has snatched away thousands of rupees from a bank account by telling the customer: "your ATM card has expired. I will provide you with a new card if you tell your number."
A resident of Pijakkal Ravindra (name changed), who holds an account in State Bank of India, received a phone call on October 26. The caller, in Hindi Language, introduced himself as a bank executive and said Ravindra that his ATM card date has expired. The caller asked his ATM card number on the pretext of giving a new card. When Ravindra hesitated to share the number, he threatened him saying fraudsters may take away his money if he does not share the number. Ravindra, besides sharing his card number, shared the OTP also. Soon after that, Rs. 19,999 got withdrawn from Ravindra's account for two times. Minutes later, Rs, 9,999 was withdrawn again.
Immediately, Ravindra rushed to the bank and discontinued the bank transactions. Due to which, he was able to save lakhs of rupees that was available in the account.
Now, Ravindra is preparing to file a complaint with the police.
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Goa nightclub fire: Owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra fled to Phuket after tragedy, say police
Panaji (PTI): Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused and owners of the Goa nightclub where a massive blaze claimed 25 lives, fled to Phuket hours after the tragedy, Goa Police said on Monday.
"Goa Police have taken further steps to coordinate with the Interpol Division of the CBI to apprehend both Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra at the earliest," a senior police officer said.
A massive fire at the nightclub, some 25 kilometres away from Panaji, on late Saturday night killed 25 persons. The deceased comprised 20 employees of the nightclub and five tourists, including four from Delhi. Five injured people were undergoing treatment at the government-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
After registering an FIR against them, a Look Out Circular was issued against them by December 7 by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) at the request of the Goa Police.
The Bureau of Immigration at Mumbai was contacted, and it was found that both the accused had taken the 6E 1073 flight to Phuket at 5.30 am on December 7, immediately after the fire incident, which occurred around midnight, the officer said.
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He said the Goa Police had immediately dispatched a team to Delhi to conduct raids on the addresses of the accused Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra.
"Since they were not available, a notice under the appropriate sections of law was pasted on the gate of their house. This shows their intent to avoid the police investigation", he said.
Goa Police have obtained transit remand of Bharat Kohli, an employee of the club, and are bringing him to Goa.
He also said that the postmortem on all 25 deceased has been completed and bodies handed over to their families.
