Bengaluru: Man electrocuted while trying to save pet macaw worth around 2.5 lakh
Bengaluru (PTI): A 32-year-old man died of electrocution on Friday after coming in contact with a high-tension power line while attempting to rescue his pet macaw worth around Rs 2.5 lakh, police said.
The deceased identified as Arun Kumar ran a business making vehicle number plates, they said.
The incident occurred between in the Girinagar area of South Bengaluru, they added.
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According to police, Kumar climbed a compound wall in an attempt to retrieve his expensive imported macaw after it landed on a high-voltage electric pole. He accidentally touched a live wire, received a fatal electric shock and fell from the wall.
Kumar was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.
A case has been registered at Girinagar police station and an investigation is underway.
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Three arrested in Gurugram for aiding Chinese cyber fraud syndicate
Gurugram (PTI): The Gurugram Cyber Police has arrested three men for allegedly providing calling support to a Chinese fraud syndicate, officials said on Wednesday.
According to the officials, a 20-port physical SIM box and a laptop were seized from them. These arrests come after a woman from Nagaland was held in connection with the same case.
The arrested accused have been identified as Karma (32) from Nagaland, and Lobsang Tsultim (33) and Ngawang Gyaltsen (35), both from Himachal Pradesh. Karma and Tsultim were arrested on February 14. Gyaltsen was intercepted on February 16 near Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi while attempting to flee to Nepal.
Police said the accused, during questioning, revealed that they were using SIM boxes to facilitate fraudulent calls targeting Indian citizens.
Karma and Lobsang Tsultim admitted to installing virtual SIM boxes in Gurugram on the instructions of a Chinese national named Tsega, they said.
These setups, which included 20 mobile phones, were capable of making over 20,000 calls a day. Tsega, allegedly used an application to contact Indian citizens for various crimes, including gaming and investment fraud, they said.
Tsultim and Gyaltsen were born in China and have lived in India as refugees for 15 years. Fluent in Chinese and Taiwanese, they communicated with Tsega via WeChat, a platform banned in India since 2020, they added.
ACP Cyber Priyanshu Dewan said the three accused were produced in court on Wednesday and have been sent to judicial custody.
"We are working to identify others involved in the network," he added.
