Till now 161 people test negative to COVID-19 in DK district
Mangaluru: District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivasa Poojary said that so far 182 persons' throat swabs were sent for testing in Dakshina Kannada district, of which seven persons have been tested positive for coronavirus and 161 have been tested negative.
Screening of 22 people was performed on Sunday. A total number of 38,231 people have been subjected to screening so far. the number of people in the Home Quarantine on Sunday is 5875, which was 3,164 on Saturday. 29 people are taking treatment at ESI Hospital while 11 others are under observation. Meanwhile, throat swabs of 14 persons in the district were sent for the testing on Sunday.
169 people have completed 28-day observation period. The reports of the 5 persons' throat swabs came on Sunday and all of them have been tested negative. The social distancing has been maintained due to the complete lockdown in the D.K. district for two days. Due to this, there were negative reports consecutively for two days, Kota Srinivasa Poojary said.
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Interstate cyber-fraud racket busted in UP's Baghpat, 7 held
Baghpat (PTI): An interstate cyber-fraud racket involved in duping people on the pretext of providing bank jobs was busted by police in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday with the arrest of seven people, including two women, officials said.
Police said the accused were running a fake call centre and luring job seekers from several states by issuing forged appointment letters and fabricated agreements in the name of bank recruitment, collecting large sums of money in return.
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Twelve mobile phones, two laptops, two SIM cards on fake names, several forged appointment letters and agreements, 15 bank passbooks, two chequebooks, UPI QR codes, ATM cards and 11 other cards were seized from the possession of the accused, police said, adding that the data of around 6,450 people from different states was found stored in the laptops.
According to the officials, the gang misused information obtained from online platforms, such as OLX and job-related websites, to target unsuspecting victims.
The racket was uncovered following complaints received on the Union home ministry's "Pratibimb" portal and subsequent technical surveillance.
Investigations revealed at least 20 complaints from various states, including Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Meghalaya.
The arrested accused were identified as Mohit Kumar, Puneet Kumar, Vardaan, Anuj Kumar and Akshay, besides the two women.
They were arrested at around 11:30 am from under the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Kotwali Baghpat area.
A case has been registered at the cyber crime police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D of the Information Technology Act, police said.
