Hoax news on Saalumarada Thimmakka: Cab driver held
Bengaluru, May 29: Cyber Crime Branch police have arrested a cab driver on charges of spreading the rumour that Saalumarada Thimmakka was died on social media on May 25.
The arrested is identified as Pradeep (26) of Haradanahalli in Saligrama hobli of Mysuru. He is residing at Balaji Layout in Byadarahalli in Bengaluru.
The CCB police said that the accused has seen the hoax news on Dr Saalumarada Thimmakka posted in a Facebook account ‘Manassugala Maatu Madhura’ and from his account, he shared it into another group called ‘Snehaloka’. The accused is also a member of ‘Manassugala Maatu Madhura’ group. They have got information about other members of the group and investigating it, the police said.
CCB police have booked a complaint on May 25 against those who spread hoax news that the renowned environmental activist was dead in the social media. Based on the complaint from Thimmakka’s adopted son Umesh to the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar, the CCB police have registered the case against the accused.
CCB police said that the users of social media should confirm about the news or posts before liking, sharing and tagging whether there genuine of not. If not, they would attract legal consequences, they said.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
