Chikkamagaluru: Doctor loses Rs. 76 Lakhs in stock market scam
Chikkamagaluru: A doctor from the city reportedly lost around Rs. 76 Lakhs, deceived under the pretext of stock market investment with the promise of high returns. A complaint has been lodged in the city’s cyber crime station in connection with the scam.
Reportedly, the doctor received a call from the scamsters who impersonated as representatives from the VIP Anand Vanguard Group, and promised the doctor of high returns if invested money. Deceived by the scamaster’s claim the doctor transferred a total of Rs 76 Lakhs in various bank account between March March 24 to April 16, 2024.
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However, even after two months had passed, the doctor did not receive any returns on the investment nor did he get back the money that he had invested. When the doctor became suspicious and contacted the company, he was asked to deposit another Rs. 22 lakhs into the account. Realising that he had been deceived, the doctor immediately filed a complaint at the city's cyber police station.
Meanwhile, the district police department has urged the public to be aware about such crimes.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
