Bengaluru: Two arrested for allegedly defrauding house owners, tenants
Bengaluru: Economic Offences Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested a couple for allegedly defrauding several individuals by renting houses in the city and then leasing the same houses to others.
The accused were identified as Ahmed Ali Baig and his wife Muida Samdani Banu. The couple ran a property management company named Geo Homes Private Limited at HBR Layout, Bengaluru. They approached owners of vacant houses and flats through intermediaries, promising to manage the properties by finding tenants. However, after entering into rental agreements, the couple would lease the same properties to different individuals, thereby defrauding both the house owners and the tenants.
The scheme came to light when house owners, after not receiving rent payments for a few months, discovered that their properties had been leased to others. This prompted the registration of an FIR in April this year, at the Banaswadi police station against several individuals, including Ahmed Ali Baig, Noor Ahmed Ali Baig, Akram Pasha, Abdul Rahim, and Syed.
In June, hundreds of victim house owners and tenants staged a protest near Queen's Circle in Bengaluru, demanding justice and action against the accused. The case was subsequently handed over to the Economic Offences Wing of the CCB for further investigation.
After the arrest of the couple, a search is on for the other accused involved in the scam who are absconding.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
