Karnataka: Man orders phone online, gets potatoes, soap, stones delivered in mobile box
Chikkamagaluru: A resident of Sringeri, who ordered a mobile phone online, was delivered a box of potatoes, stones and soap on Sunday.
Hyder Ali had ordered a Redmi mobile phone on the online marketing company Amazon four days ago. On Sunday, the agents delivered the box apparently containing the mobile phone at Ali's house in Sringeri.
Ali fortunately opened the box in front of the agent. Much to his horror, the box was filled with soap, stones and potatoes instead of the mobile phone. He sent away the agent without paying the money, and also filed a complaint with the Sringeri police.
Speaking to the correspondent, Ali said, “I have heard of deceptive activities by the Amazon company while delivering goods to its customers. I therefore decided to open the box just as the delivery agent handed me the box and confirmed the fraud.”
Further, he said, “When a company as big as Amazon itself can indulge in cheating its customers, we can only think with horror of what smaller companies might do. In such fear, I also complained to the police about the deception.”
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CBI closes case against DHFL, its directors in 'fake' home loan accounts case
New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI): The CBI has closed the case against the DHFL and its directors pertaining to 2.60 lakh allegedly fictitious home loan accounts, some of which were used to claim interest subsidies under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, officials said.
After over three years of probe, the agency could not find evidence suggesting a criminal conspiracy which could have led to the creation of such accounts, they said.
The irregularities were pointed out in the report of auditor Grant Thornton, appointed by the new board of the scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), they said.
The agency has now submitted its final report before a special court in Delhi, which would take a call on whether to accept the closure report or order further investigation into the matter.
The CBI had booked promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan along with the company.
It was alleged that DHFL had opened a fictitious branch in Bandra and fake accounts worth Rs 14,046 crore of home-loan borrowers, who had already repaid their loans, were entered in the database, they said.
A total of 2.60 lakh "fake and fictitious" home loan accounts were created in the non-existent branch from 2007-19 for a total loan worth Rs 14,046 crore, out of which Rs 11,755.79 crore were deposited or routed to several fictitious firms known as Bandra Book firms, the CBI had alleged in the FIR.
Several of these bogus loan accounts were linked in the Pradhan Mantri Awas (PMAY) to claim interest subsidies from the National Housing Bank in connivance with its officials, the CBI had alleged.
The DHFL had allegedly processed 88,651 cases under the PMAY till December 2018, and it received an interest subsidy of Rs 539.40 crore, while it has to receive Rs 1,347.80 crore from the government, it had said.
PMAY is a central scheme to ensure housing for all.
