22 people injured after mini truck collides with car in Mandya district
Mandya (PTI): Twenty-two people were injured, including two seriously, after a mini truck collided with a car in the district on Thursday, police said.
The accident happened between KM Doddi and Maddur, they said.
The mini truck was overloaded with people and collided with a car in which four people were travelling, police said.
"All of them sustained injuries and were shifted to hospital for treatment. Only two among the 22 have sustained serious injuries while rest of them have got minor injuries," a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered in connection with the accident and further investigation is underway, he said.
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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.
