Migrant labourer assaulted in Mangaluru after being suspected as Bangladeshi
Mangaluru: A migrant labourer from Jharkhand was allegedly assaulted by four men in the Mangaluru commissionerate limits after they suspected him of being a Bangladeshi national and demanded identity documents, Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H said.
The injured man has been identified as Diljan Ansari, who has been working in Mangaluru for the past 10 to 15 years and stays in the city for four to six months every year for employment.
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The accused confronted him, made objectionable remarks, and insisted that he produce various identity documents.
When Ansari repeatedly asserted that he was an Indian citizen, the accused allegedly assaulted him using his own work implements, hitting him on the head. He sustained injuries and began bleeding profusely.
A local woman intervened and rescued him from the attackers. The migrant worker did not initially lodge a complaint due to fear and returned home after the incident. The matter later came to the notice of the police through local leaders, following which an investigation was initiated.
Police have verified that the victim is an Indian citizen who had come to Mangaluru for work.
Based on the findings, a case has been registered under attempt to murder. All four accused have been identified and will be arrested soon.
Further investigation is under way, police said.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
