Bengaluru, July 21: Upparpet police have filed a charge sheet in the 1st ACMM court against nine accused including Sangh Parivar worker KT Naveen Kumar on charges of hatching out a conspiracy to kill rationalist Prof KS Bhagavan.

After interrogating the accused, the investigating officers have filed 671-page charge sheet against nie accused including KT Naveen Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Praveen, Amol Kale, Amith Degwekar and Manohar Yadav. The investigating officers have recorded the statements of more than 100 witnesses and attached FSL experts reports. Sources said that the police have considered the statement of Anil Kumar of Srirangapatna, friend of Naveen Kumar, as a major witness.

The police also found that Naveen Kumar had a conversation with another accused Sujith over phone, They had discussed about planning to kill Bhagavan, purchasing illegal weapons and conspiracy and it was mentioned in the charge sheet.

The SIT officers have taken these accused into custody in related to Gauri Lankesh murder. Naveen Kumar was arrested at Kempegowda bus stand in Bengaluru on February 8. During the interrogation, he disclosed that a conspiracy was hatched out to kill Prof KS Bhagwan. A case was registered at Upparpet police station.



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Bengaluru, Dec 26: A Japanese national, Hiroshi Sasaki, who works in Bengaluru, lost Rs 35.5 lakh after being 'digitally arrested' by cyber fraudsters, police said, on Thursday.

 

The incident occurred between December 12 and 14, police added.

Sasaki, who lives in a flat near Dairy Circle, received a phone call on December 12. The caller was claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller informed him that his phone number would be blocked due to its unauthorised use.

To avoid the disconnection Sasaki was asked to dial a number.

Upon dialling the number, he was immediately connected to a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be from the Cyber Crime wing of Mumbai Police. The caller informed Sasaki that he was involved in a money laundering case.

The fraudsters "digitally arrested" him and siphoned off Rs 35.5 lakh by having him make payments through various means, including RTGS.

He was also told that the money would be returned after the investigation was completed.

After realising that he had been duped, the victim approached the South East Cyber Crimes, Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station and lodged a complaint.

'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the fraudster poses as law enforcement agency officials from agencies like CBI, and customs and threatens people of arrest by making video calls.

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