Bengaluru (PTI): Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls, has declared assets worth over Rs 9.74 crore.

In an affidavit while filing nomination as an independent candidate from Dharwad Lok Sabha segment on Thursday, the prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer has declared movable assets worth Rs 1.22 crore.

The immovable assets that he has, including agriculture and non-agriculture land and school building, are worth Rs 8.52 crore.

He has total liabilities to the tune of Rs 39.68 lakh.

The 48-year-old, who has failed in SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate or class 10), has three cases pending against him.

The seer has two Toyota Innova, a tractor and a school bus in his name. He also has 7.82 kg of silver worth Rs 4.35 lakh, and 18.9 gram gold worth Rs 1.17 lakh.

Dingaleshwar Swami is taking on BJP MP and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi.

He has accused Joshi of “suppressing” Veerashaiva-Lingayat and other communities, and also misusing the Lingayat maths and causing disrespect to them to stay in power.

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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A Japanese national, Hiroshi Sasaki, who works in Bengaluru, lost Rs 35.5 lakh after being 'digitally arrested' by cyber fraudsters, police said, on Thursday.

 

The incident occurred between December 12 and 14, police added.

Sasaki, who lives in a flat near Dairy Circle, received a phone call on December 12. The caller was claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller informed him that his phone number would be blocked due to its unauthorised use.

To avoid the disconnection Sasaki was asked to dial a number.

Upon dialling the number, he was immediately connected to a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be from the Cyber Crime wing of Mumbai Police. The caller informed Sasaki that he was involved in a money laundering case.

The fraudsters "digitally arrested" him and siphoned off Rs 35.5 lakh by having him make payments through various means, including RTGS.

He was also told that the money would be returned after the investigation was completed.

After realising that he had been duped, the victim approached the South East Cyber Crimes, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station and lodged a complaint.

'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the fraudster poses as law enforcement agency officials from agencies like CBI, and customs and threatens people of arrest by making video calls.

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