Thumbe : Gram Panchayat's pump maintenance shed demolished
Demolition allegedly without panchayat's permission
Bantwal: Tumbe Gram Panchayat vice-president Praveen Tumbe has charged that a contractor destroyed Gram Panchayat's pump maintenance shed without taking prior approval of the panchayat.
"Even the contractor did not take permission for the construction of the rickshaw parking that is being carried out near Tumbe Junction on National Highway by the funds of MLC Ivan D'Souza. The contractor of the rickshaw parking demolished the pump maintenance shed on Tuesday night," he alleged.
In this regard, Gram Panchayat members led by Praveen held a dharna at Tumbe Junction today morning. The Panchayat Development Officer, along with Bantwal Rural SI Prasanna, visited and inspected the spot. Meanwhile, an argument between the vice president of Gram Panchayat and the contractor ensued. Then the Bantwal Tehsildar Purandar Hegde visited the place, discussed with the PDO and Gram Panchayat president and instructed them to submit a report regarding the incident.
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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.
