Monday night's rain incurs losses to anchored boats in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: In the heavy rain that occurred on Monday night, which was accompanied by severe winds, the boats that were anchored at Old Bunder Dhakke in Mangaluru sustained damages after the ropes tying the boats got severed due to heavy wind, causing the boats to collide with each other resulting in severe damages.
Due to the heavy rain and winds, several boats in Panambur, Minakaliya, Chitrapura, Surathkal, and Sasihithlu were pushed towards the seashore. The anchored boats that were damaged have caused immense hardship to the fishermen.
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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.
