Mangaluru: Fire breaks out in central market
Mangaluru, December 5: Materials worth lakhs of rupees gutted in a fire broke out at Central market in the city on Wednesday night.
Fire engulfed two-three shops in the market and gutted everything. As the smoke emanated from the fire, fire brigade vehicles from Pandeshwara and Kadri stations rushed to the spot and are trying to douse the fire. Hundreds of people thronged the spot to see the fire accident. Fire extinguishing work is going on under the leadership of Pandeshwara RFO Thippeswamy.
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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.
