Horrific road accident in Belagavi: Five killed on the spot
Car collides with truck after tyre burst
Belagavi: Five students and driver killed on the spot when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck on the outskirts of the Belagavi City on NH-4.
The deceased students are identified as Nundu Pawar, Amul Navi, Suresh Kaneri, Amul Chowri, and Mahesh Chowri; all residents of Devigiri in Aurangabad.
The incident occurred in the limits of Mala Maruti Police Station when its driver lost control over the vehicle following tyre burst and rammed into a truck. It has been leant that the students were proceeding from Kolhapur to Goa via Belagavi.
Subsequently, five students killed on the spot and one suffered serious injuries. The injured has been rushed to a hospital in Belagavi.
Mala Maruti police have registered a case in this regard and launched the investigation.
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Interstate cyber-fraud racket busted in UP's Baghpat, 7 held
Baghpat (PTI): An interstate cyber-fraud racket involved in duping people on the pretext of providing bank jobs was busted by police in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday with the arrest of seven people, including two women, officials said.
Police said the accused were running a fake call centre and luring job seekers from several states by issuing forged appointment letters and fabricated agreements in the name of bank recruitment, collecting large sums of money in return.
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Twelve mobile phones, two laptops, two SIM cards on fake names, several forged appointment letters and agreements, 15 bank passbooks, two chequebooks, UPI QR codes, ATM cards and 11 other cards were seized from the possession of the accused, police said, adding that the data of around 6,450 people from different states was found stored in the laptops.
According to the officials, the gang misused information obtained from online platforms, such as OLX and job-related websites, to target unsuspecting victims.
The racket was uncovered following complaints received on the Union home ministry's "Pratibimb" portal and subsequent technical surveillance.
Investigations revealed at least 20 complaints from various states, including Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Meghalaya.
The arrested accused were identified as Mohit Kumar, Puneet Kumar, Vardaan, Anuj Kumar and Akshay, besides the two women.
They were arrested at around 11:30 am from under the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Kotwali Baghpat area.
A case has been registered at the cyber crime police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D of the Information Technology Act, police said.
