Bengaluru: Hotel owner loses Rs 52,000 in online payment app scam
Bengaluru: A hotel owner in Ramamurthy Nagar fell victim to an online payment app scam, losing a amount of Rs 52,000. The incident unfolded when the miscreants, who posed as bank executives, approached the owner of Biryani Hotel, Parul Shah.
In a swift deception, the two strangers convinced Parul Shah that he could avail a cashback offer on the online payment app by making daily transactions of Rs 300. Under the pretense of helping him, one of the culprits requested access to Parul Shah's mobile phone to download the app and complete the process.
Believing their ruse, Shah handed over his mobile phone and also shared his bank details. The miscreants assured him that the app had been successfully installed and then departed from the scene.
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However, the unfortunate reality surfaced a few hours later when Parul Shah discovered that an unauthorized transfer of Rs 52,000 had been made from his bank account. Shah immediately lodged a formal complaint at the Ramamurthy Nagar police station.
The police registered a case and initiated an investigation into the matter.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
