Udupi: Woman duped of Rs 6 lakh in 'digital arrest' cyber fraud
Udupi: A woman identified as Liolla from Udupi was conned out of ₹6 lakh by fraudsters posing as Mumbai Cyber Police, using a fake “digital arrest” threat to extort money.
According to the complaint lodged with the Udupi CEN (Cyber Economic and Narcotics) Police Station, the incident began on July 22 when she received a phone call around 11:30 AM claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The caller falsely informed her that multiple complaints had been filed against her SIM card for harassment and false advertisements, and said the case would be transferred to Mumbai Cyber Police.
Later, at 12:15 PM the same day, she received a WhatsApp video call where a person dressed in a police uniform appeared. The fraudster claimed that her Aadhaar card was linked to the Naresh Goyal money laundering case and that a warrant had been issued for her arrest. She was then told she was under “digital arrest.”
Later on July 25, the scammers pressured her into transferring ₹2 lakh and ₹4 lakh to two different bank accounts. In total, ₹6 lakh was siphoned off.
Following which, Liolla filed a formal complaint with the Udupi CEN police.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
