Times of India | Two senior citizens lose over Rs 65 lakh in digital arrest fraud

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Two senior citizens in Hyderabad fell victim to separate digital‑arrest scams, losing a combined Rs 65.5 lakh. A 67‑year‑old man from Kompally received a call from people posing as Delhi police who claimed an ICICI Bank account in his name had received Rs 8 crore and demanded Rs 38 lakh for RBI verification to avoid arrest. A 65‑year‑old retired employee from Kukatpally was contacted by someone claiming to be from the Data Protection Board of India, who alleged Aadhaar misuse linked to an international terrorism‑funding case and coerced him into transferring Rs 27.5 lakh for verification. Both complaints were lodged at the Cyberabad cyber‑crime police station and are being investigated under relevant provisions of the BNS and the IT Act.

Read more: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/two-senior-citizens-lose-over-rs-65-lakh-in-digital-arrest-fraud/articleshow/131250983.cms

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Times of India | Retired cop tries to get loan to buy MUV in Bengaluru, duped of Rs 6 lakh

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A retired Bengaluru police officer, 63‑year‑old KN Nandeshwarachar, was tricked into losing Rs 6.3 lakh when he sought a loan to purchase a Toyota Innova. After visiting Ravindu Motors in Rajajinagar, he met a person posing as “Murthy” who directed him to a finance agent named Arun. Trusting the agent, Nandeshwarachar transferred the full amount via RTGS to an account of “AARVIN IT EDGE PRIVATE LIMITED” in Patancheru, Telangana. When he returned to the showroom on May 15, staff said no loan had been processed and no vehicle was booked; the agent’s phone was disconnected. Police have filed a case under the IT Act and cheating charges, tracing the money through accounts in Kerala and Punjab and working to freeze the fraudsters’ accounts.

Read more: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/retired-cop-tries-to-get-loan-to-buy-muv-in-bengaluru-duped-of-rs-6-lakh/articleshow/131232518.cms

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Times of India | Discontinue apps for illegal bike taxi ops across Maharashtra, register FIRs: Transport minister’s letter to cyber crime dept

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Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has asked Maharashtra’s cyber‑crime police to shut down all unauthorised bike‑taxi apps operating in the state and to file FIRs against the companies and their owners, citing serious public‑safety risks. In a letter to the additional director‑general of police, Sarnaik warned that these services run without any government permission, lack driver verification, insurance, women‑safety measures and emergency response systems, and have led to accidents such as the fatal crash of a woman on an unauthorised bike‑taxi on the Mulund‑Goregaon Link Road. He urged immediate online shutdown of the apps, strict action under the Information Technology and Motor Vehicles Acts, and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators, stressing that the state will not tolerate any illegal system that endangers citizens.

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'Violated Principles of Natural Justice': Caravan Files Petition Against Govt Order On Army Story

In its petition, The Caravan has underlined that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's order asking the magazine to take down its article on allegations of torture and murder against the Indian Army also violated the fundamental right to free speech and expression and the freedom of the press.

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