Mangaluru woman loses Rs 19 lakh in cyber fraud; CEN Crime Police file case
Mangaluru: A 37-year-old woman is reported to have lost Rs 19.06 lakh in an incident of online fraud, where she downloaded a mobile phone application and invested money through it for two years.
Mangaluru CEN Crime Police have filed a case and are investigating the matter.
The woman, on receiving a message with an advertisement for investment opportunities, is said to have searched for the website and downloaded an APK file from there. She registered through the application and provided details related to her bank account. The application reportedly provided her with details about various companies, which prompted her to invest her money.
The application is learned to have asked for Rs 1 lakh as minimum investment, but did not set a maximum limit of investment. The woman went by the rules and investment up to Rs 19.06 lakh in phases, starting January 2024.
As she received partial returns of maximum Rs 1 lakh till January this year, the woman trusted the application further, as regards investment. Later, however, she reportedly found her bank account to be blocked.
On enquiring with the bank, she realized that she had been duped of her money and approached Mangaluru CEN Crime Police, who registered a case based on her complaint and are probing the incident.
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Three dead after drinking country liquor in Meerut, police initiate probe
Meerut (UP) (PTI): Three people died under suspicious circumstances after consuming country liquor in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Preliminary probe has not confirmed if they died due to the quality of alcohol, officials said on Saturday.
All three vomited and had abdominal pain after drinking the liquor on Friday evening and were rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead. A post-mortem will determine the exact cause of death, they said.
According to the police, Baburam (60), a grocery shop owner, Jitendra (35), who worked at his shop and Ankit alias Daulat (40), purchased liquor in the evening from a government-authorised country liquor outlet and began drinking at the spot.
Shortly after drinking the liquor, the health of all three deteriorated, and they began complaining of vomiting and abdominal pain.
The three were rushed to a private hospital, where doctors declared Jitendra and Ankit dead, while Baburam passed away during treatment.
Additional Director General (ADG) of Police for the Meerut Zone, Bhanu Bhaskar, District Magistrate VK Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Avinash Pandey, and District Excise Officer Pradeep Kumar reached the spot and initiated an investigation.
SSP Avinash Pandey said that preliminary investigations have not confirmed whether the liquor was "toxic or expired". The bottling date was found to be February 11, 2026, and other bottles from the same batch received no such complaints.
He added that a post-mortem will determine the exact cause of death. Personnel from the Health, Forensic, Surveillance, and Intelligence teams have been constituted to investigate the matter.
Following the incident, the family members created a ruckus at the hospital. Police said further action would be taken based on the findings of the investigation.
