Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated across state
Bengaluru, June 16: Except Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr across the state including Capital City Bengaluru on Saturday with pomp and religious gaiety.
They offered special prayer and greeted each other with Ramzan wishes. At the special namaz held at Khuddus Sab Idgah Maidan at Jayamahal in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, former minister Roshan Baig, MLC CM Ibrahim and others participated.
In the special prayer held at Idgah Maidan on Mysuru road, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda participated. Muslims offered special prayers at Chamarajpet, Jayanagar, RT Nagar, Yashwanthpur and other places.
In Vijayapura Idgah Maidan, Muslims offered prayers and greeted each other. More than 10,000 Muslims participated in the special prayer at Bidar Idgah Maidan. Minister Bandeppa Kashempur greeted the Muslims.
Apart from these, mass prayers were also conducted in Kalaburgi, Bellary, Dharwad, Kolar, Raichur, Chikkaballapur, Mysuru, Hubballi, Shivamogga and other places.
As a precautionary measure, the police have taken security measures to ensure law and order situation in the state during the Eid-ul-Fitr.
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Noida woman duped of Rs 34 lakh, gets fake ED notices in case of 'digital arrest'
Noida (PTI): A woman was duped of Rs 34 lakh here in a case of "digital arrest" by cyber criminals who threatened her with fake notices by the Enforcement Directorate, officials said on Sunday
The fraudsters claimed that a parcel is being sent from Mumbai to Iran in her name containing five passports, two debit cards, two laptops, 900 US dollars and 200 grams of narcotics, they said.
The victim received a call form the fraudsters on around 10 pm on August 8, she said in her complaint.
The Gautam Buddha cyber crime police station has registered a case and started investigation in the matter, Inspector-in-charge Vijay Kumar Gautam said.
According to the complaint of Nidhi Paliwal, a resident of Sector-41, the fraudsters sent her a complaint via WhatsApp and asked her to send Rs 34 lakh.
An accused also video called her on Skype with the video switched off, Paliwal said in her complaint.
Inspector Gautam said the accused also sent two notices of Enforcement Directorate (ED), in which serious allegations were made against the victim. A probe on the matter is underway, he said.
