Believing rumours of Rs. 2000 being deposited in accounts; hundreds of labourers violate lockdown
Mangaluru: Violating all the regulations and norms of the country-wide lockdown due to the spread of Corona Virus, hundreds of daily wage labourers gathered outside a private building in the city on Wednesday afternoon. The move by the labourers was prompted by a rumor that spread like a wildfire adding that Rs. 2000 were being deposited into their account.
The labourers also reportedly violated the regulations of social distancing. At least 750 labourers gathered outside the building in a queue with their bank passbooks.
Stunned by the gathering, when local enquired as to why the labourers had gathered at the place, a few of them informed that they had come to collect their Rs. 2000 that was being deposited in the bank accounts. When asked who informed them about the depositing of money, they had no clear answer.
They were holding bank passbooks, Aadhaar cards till 3:30 pm. Later, labor officials arrived at the spot but could not find any clear information. In the meantime, youths who were collecting information about the labourers also fled the scene.
Neither police department, local corporator, nor the MCC Commissioner had any information about this. It was finally understood that someone forced the labourers to stand under the scorching sun and violate the lockdown.
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Bus helper held for stealing USD 1,600 from Iranian woman's purse in Delhi; money recovered
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a bus helper and recovered USD 1,600 that was allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian woman who had forgotten it on a private bus at ISBT Kashmere Gate, an official said on Sunday.
The incident came to light on December 15, when a complaint was lodged at the ISBT Kashmere Gate police post by Dr Ali Akbar Shah, a professor at Delhi University and a resident of Mukherjee Nagar, the police said.
He informed police that his guest, Fareshteh Sayanjali, an Iranian national, had arrived in India on December 13 and was staying at his residence, they said.
The woman had travelled to Uttarakhand's Rishikesh and was returning to Delhi on December 15 in a bus. While de-boarding at ISBT Kashmere Gate around 1.45 pm, she inadvertently left her purse on the bus seat, the police officer said.
After some time, she received a phone call from the bus operator informing her that the purse had been found in the vehicle. However, when the purse was handed back to her, she discovered that USD 1,600 in cash kept inside was missing," the officer added.
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Based on Dr Shah's statement, an FIR was registered at Kashmere Gate police station on December 16, and an investigation was taken up, police said.
During the investigation, the team questioned the driver and conductor of the bus in which the woman had travelled, police said.
During questioning, the conductor told police that Monish, the bus helper, found the purse lying abandoned on a seat and handed it over to him, police said.
Monish initially attempted to mislead the investigators, but later confessed to stealing the US dollars from the purse, police said
Following his disclosure, Monish was arrested on December 17 and recovered the entire stolen amount, police said.
The accused, Monish, 26, is a resident of Jahangirpuri in north Delhi.
He has studied up to Class 10 and has been working as a helper with the private bus service for the past year, they said.
