Mangaluru: The luxury bike company Triumph Motorcycles India Private Limited’s new dealership center inaugurated near Padeel here on Thursday.

Informing this to media persons here, Vimal I Sumbly, MD, Triumph Motorcycles India, said “Spread across 2500sq. ft, this standalone store is a kind of world-class experience center.”

“In keeping with the signature Triumph international experience style, this dealership boasts of special zones such as a consultation coffee lounge for the team to take customers through all the options available, a build your own bike zone to help with customization of bikes, a merchandise display area for customers to choose the best gear from and service bays dedicated to maintenance and repairs,” he added.

 With this center, the bike company has extended its reach to South Indian markets. This is the fifth year of the company’s ultra modern dealership.

The motorcycles company, which owns the 150-year-old British motorcycles brand, offers around 13 superbikes spread across five different categories including classic, adventure, cruiser, roadster and supersport. The range starts at Rs 7.3 lakh for the modern classic Street Twin and goes up to Rs 21.91 lakh for the Rocket III cruiser which is powered by the world's largest capacity (2.3-litre) engine on a production motorcycle.

Company’s Mangaluru dealer’s Director Sanjay M and others were present.

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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A Japanese national, Hiroshi Sasaki, who works in Bengaluru, lost Rs 35.5 lakh after being 'digitally arrested' by cyber fraudsters, police said, on Thursday.

 

The incident occurred between December 12 and 14, police added.

Sasaki, who lives in a flat near Dairy Circle, received a phone call on December 12. The caller was claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller informed him that his phone number would be blocked due to its unauthorised use.

To avoid the disconnection Sasaki was asked to dial a number.

Upon dialling the number, he was immediately connected to a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be from the Cyber Crime wing of Mumbai Police. The caller informed Sasaki that he was involved in a money laundering case.

The fraudsters "digitally arrested" him and siphoned off Rs 35.5 lakh by having him make payments through various means, including RTGS.

He was also told that the money would be returned after the investigation was completed.

After realising that he had been duped, the victim approached the South East Cyber Crimes, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station and lodged a complaint.

'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the fraudster poses as law enforcement agency officials from agencies like CBI, and customs and threatens people of arrest by making video calls.

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