Bengaluru: " If we come back to power, we will ban organisations like Sangh Parivar, SDPI, PFI who are instigating communal riots in state," said home minister Ramalinga Reddy on Monday.

He was speaking at the media interaction held at the Bengaluru Press club. He blamed the BJP for promoting hatred in the state. He said, " BJP is trying to set fire in the state. There have been 30 riots in the state in the last 5 years. Out of these, 28 riots were witnessed in Dakshina Kannada District and 2 in Udupi".

" We have ensured that BJP is not successful in its plan to instigate riots here. Even BJP national president Amit Shah had provoked that they will set the state on fire. But we have stopped them" Reddy claimed.

" Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought disrepute to his position by saying that it is easy to murder someone in Bengaluru. He should first go through the crime statistics of the state before making any statement" Reddy urged.

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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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