Bengaluru: SIT busts ‘fake FedEx courier scam’, arrests 14 individuals
Bengaluru: In a major crackdown, a special investigation team of the police department has reportedly arrested 14 individuals for allegedly deceiving people claiming to be FedEx employees and persuading them by saying that parcels arrived in their name contained illegal items and a case was lodged against them(victims).
The arrested accused are learnt to be hailing from Kerala, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The Police have seized Rs 24.47 Lakhs from the accused’s bank accounts, mobile phones and laptops used for the crime.
According to the Police, the accused individuals called victims via IVR (Interactive Voice Response) in the guise of representatives of FedEx Courier Company. They informed the victims that the courier they sent contained prohibited substances seized by Mumbai Customs officials. Subsequently, they threatened that a case would be registered against the victims by Mumbai Police for the same.
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The special investigation team, formed under the leadership of DCP Kuldeep Kumar Jain of Bangalore Traffic East Division, conducted a comprehensive investigation into around 330 cases registered over the past year.
The arrests were made after uncovering fraudulent activities in six cases in Bengaluru, amounting to approximately Rs. 2.10 crores. The accused are also linked to 546 cases reported through the National Cyber Crime Portal Helpline.
Meanwhile, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayanand has revealed that the search is on for other accused absconding in the cases.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
