Hanur temple tragedy: Death toll rises to 14
Hanur, Dec 16: The toll in the Sulvadi Maramma temple tragedy has gone up to 14 as three more devotees have lost their lives on Sunday.
The victims have been identified as Mageshwari (40), a resident of MG Doddi village near Kaudalli, Salamma (34) of Bidarahalli village and Manna Bin Veera (30) of Doraiswamedi village.
Manjeshwari is survived by three children who were studying in classes 6, 8, and 9.
After participating in mass funeral, minor irrigation Minister CN Puttaraju Kolligala, MLA N Mahesh, Hanur JDS leader MR Manjunath, condoled the family members of the deceased and gave Rs 10,000 as personal compensation. He paid personal attention.
Two more arrested
The Ramapur police near Hanur have arrested two more persons in connection with this case. The arrested have been identified as Supervisor Chinnappia and Madeva. According to sources, the police have detained two more persons and inquiry is on. However, the police have intensified the search for the culprits.
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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.
