Mysuru police shoots down Mumbai man involved in financial scam
Mysuru: Mysuru Police on Thursday at fired and shot down a person who was allegedly involved in a financial scam. The incident took place at Ring Road of Hebbal in Mysuru.
The deceased person is said to be a resident of Mumbai.
Working on credible information of three people running an financial scam in an apartment, a police team led by inspector Kumar raided the apartment on Ring Road at Vijayanagar. Two people managed to flee the crime scene while the other took out his gun and tried to fire on Inspector Kumar. Kumar in his self defence fired and shot down the accused. He was soon take to K R Hospital in the city where he breathed his last, police said.
According to the reports the trio was involved in financial scam from several days and their activities were reported at several police stations of the city. On Thursday inspector Kumar raided the apartment after getting credible information.
After the incident, IGP Umesh Kumar also reached the spot and reviewed the crime scene.
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Four booked for tying 18-year-old to tree, beating him up in UP's Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Four people were booked here for the abduction and assault of a man who they allegedly tied to a tree and beat up, police said on Wednesday.
The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place on Tuesday afternoon under the Kunda police station limits.
The FIR was registered on Wednesday evening based on a complaint from the victim's father.
According to Keshav Prasad Yadav, a resident of Mauli village, some people called his 18-year-old son Nikhil Yadav on the phone and asked him to come out of his house around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.
As he reached outside the village as instructed, the accused allegedly forced him into a car and took him towards the Tinpedwa forest area, where they tied him to a tree and assaulted, the complainant said.
The attackers also recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The purported video shows the men thrashing Nikhil one after another, while one of them is assumed to have recorded the act.
Kunda Station House Officer Manoj Pandey confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to identify and arrest all the accused.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shared the video on social media, describing the incident as reflective of a "dominant mindset" against the PDA (Pichda or Backward, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minority), and demanded strict action against the accused.
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