Three Cops including DySp dead in road accident

Vartha Bharati | 10-05-2018 | 10:08:00 IST

Bagalkot, May 10: Three policemen including Bengaluru CID DySp died in a gruesome accident that took place on Bagalkot-Ilakallu road in Bagalkot.

Bengaluru CID DySP Baalegowda (55), CID sub inspector K.H Shivaswami (55) and driver Venugopal (25) are the deceased cops.

The trio was travelling to Bagalkot from Bengaluru on election duty when the incident took place at around 12.30am.

The lorry moving from Bagalkot collided with the police jeep near Kudalasangama cross on Bagalkot-Ilakallu road. The seriously injured cops died on the spot.

DySP Baalegowda was a resident of Kottigepalya in Bengaluru. Recently he was transferred after promotion as CID DySP. Earlier he had served as circle inspector in Tumkur and Kunigal.

CPI K.H Shivaswami was a resident of Chamarajanagar and driver was from Bengaluru, it is learnt.

They were deployed on election duty at Bagalkot. The trio left Bengaluru in a jeep at around 8pm.. After having dinner in a hotel in Kora police station limit on national highway 48 they had continued their journey towards Bagalkot.

Bagalkot district superintendent of police Vamshikrishna and DySP Girisha and other officers visited the spot and inspected.

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Japanese national duped of Rs 35.5 lakh after 'digital arrest' in Bengaluru

27-12-2024 ¦ 27-12-2024 IST

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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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