Five women arrested in Shivamogga gold jewelry theft case
Shivamogga: Five women have been arrested in connection with the theft of gold jewelry from a vanity bag on a KSRTC bus. The arrested individuals are Shanti alias Karki (31) from Hosamane Bhadravati, Meenakshi (38) from Hanumanta Nagar, Savitri alias Baba (29), Durga alias Sunna Durga (29), and Sushilamma (66) from Bhovi Colony.
The incident occurred on June 29 when a woman, traveling to attend a wedding in Davangere, discovered that her vanity bag had been opened and her jewelry stolen. Following a complaint lodged at Doddapet police station, an investigation led to the arrests. Interrogation revealed their involvement in seven theft cases at the KSRTC bus station, resulting in the recovery of gold jewelry valued at Rs 8.13 lakh, weighing 122 grams.
The arrests were made by a team led by Inspector Ravi Patil from Doddpet Police Station, along with ASI Nagaraj, Palaksha Naik, Lacha Naik, Chandra Naik, Guru Naik, Nitin, Punit Rao, Prakash, Deepa S. Hubli, Pooja, Sumitra Bai and Lakshmi.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
