Bengaluru businessman loses Rs 5.8 lakh in cyber fraud after clicking on APK file sent on WhatsApp
Bengaluru: A 64-year-old businessman in Bengaluru has fallen victim to a cyber scam, losing Rs 5.8 lakh from his savings accounts after clicking on a fake Regional Transport Office (RTO) e-challan APK file sent to him on WhatsApp.
Ravi Kumar, a resident of New Thippsandra, lodged a complaint with the city’s East Division Police, reporting the fraudulent transaction. According to the complaint, Kumar received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number, which appeared to be from the RTO. Believing it was a legitimate communication from the department, he clicked on the link included in the message, as reported by The Hindu on Thursday.
However, as soon as he clicked the link, a sum of Rs 5,81,500 was deducted from two of his savings accounts.
The East Division Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) based on Kumar's complaint, charging an unidentified individual under the Information Technology Act and Section 318 (cheating) of the BNS.
Police officials quoted in the report stated that this type of fraud—where fraudsters randomly share harmful APK (Android Package Kit) files via WhatsApp, emails, SMS, or social media platforms—has become increasingly common.
They have further advised the public to avoid clicking on any APK files received from unknown numbers to protect themselves from data theft and financial loss.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
