Mangaluru: PUC II student commits suicide over 'difficult Chemistry paper' in Bantwal
Bantwal: In a pitiful incident reported from Bantwal near Mangaluru, a second PUC student who appeared for the Physics examination of the ongoing PUC Board examination on Wednesday, committing suicide by jumping into a well after his paper reportedly wrote a letter adding that Saturday’s paper was tough.
The deceased, Nandan, was a student of Science stream in SVS College in Bantwal. He was son of Arvind Rao.
According to the reports, Nandan had secured 94% marks in his SSLC board examination and was a bright student in PUC as well. In the letter he reportedly wrote before committing suicide, Nandan has added that Wednesday’s Physics paper was a difficult one and he believed that he wouldn’t score marks as expected in the subject.
According to the family, Nandan was studying till late night on Friday for Saturday’s Chemistry exam and later disappeared from home at midnight. When the family started looking for Nandan, his mobile phone was found in the backyard and his dead body was found in the well.
Bantwal Police rushed to the spot and have registered a case in this regard.
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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.
