Mangaluru: Man who arrived from Dubai with fever, escapes from Wenlock Hospital
Mangaluru: A passenger hailing from Ullal in Mangaluru, who arrived at Mangaluru International Airport from Dubai and reportedly showed symptoms of linked to Corona Virus during screening at the airport was admitted to the isolation ward at District Wenlock Hospital on Sunday from where the passenger has reportedly escaped without informing authorities.
According to the reports, the person arrived from Dubai on Sunday and during his screening at the airport, he was found to have fever and also showed other symptoms linked to Corona Virus, prompting the health authorities to shift the patient to District Wenlock Hospital in the city immediately.
The patient however escaped from the hospital without informing the authorities on Monday morning. Sources in the health department added that the Police were looking for the patient and that he will be tracked and brought back to the hospital for adequate checkups and treatment.
The samples from the passenger was collected on Sunday evening and were sent for testing to Bengaluru Medical College and the reports were expected to arrive by Monday evening. The DHO of Dakshina Kannada District had revealed that if the reports are negative the person will be released after the regular treatment but the passenger managed to escape from the hospital post-midnight at around 1:00 am on Monday.
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Fake call centre duping foreigners busted in Thane; five detained
Thane (PTI): The Thane police have unearthed a bogus call centre that allegedly cheated foreign nationals, particularly US citizens, under the pretext of selling software, an official said on Wednesday.
Five persons, including the call centre owner, were detained after a raid at the premises in the Ambernath area of Maharashtra's Thane district late Tuesday night, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ambernath division) Shailesh Kale told PTI.
The bogus facility was operating from a business centre and functioned under the garb of providing software services, the official said.
"The call centre staff targeted foreign nationals, especially Americans. They contacted them on the phone, lured them with offers of software services and extracted money from them in different forms," Kale said.
The police received a tip-off about the illegal operations and raided the premises. The search operation continued till Wednesday morning, he said.
The employees used to make hundreds of calls to foreign nationals daily and would eventually succeed in duping a few of them, Senior Police Inspector Shabbir Sayyed said.
"They collected advance payments from the victims and blocked them after receiving the money," he said, explaining the modus operandi.
The employees were provided with a specific script for conversations to gain the victims' confidence and persuade them to transfer funds, he added.
The police have seized electronic gadgets and other accessories used in the alleged racket from the premises.
A case has been registered against five persons under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act and the Indian Telegraph Act, Kale said.
The police were verifying the victims' credentials and nationality.
