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Belagavi: A case has been registered at the city CEN police station over duping of an elderly woman, a resident of Bhagyanagar, Belagavi, of Rs 65 lakh by creating fear of digital arrest. The complaint alleges that cyber thieves, who threatened the elderly woman with a 10-day digital arrest through a video call, tricked her into believing they were Delhi court officials and defrauded her by transferring money from her bank accounts in phases.
Vijaya Shivashankar, Uppin, 83, who was cheated by cyber fraudsters, has filed a complaint with the city cyber police station. The complaint states that in the first week of April, an unknown person made a video call and showed a court scene and a person resembling a judge, saying that she were was being questioned by a Delhi court. He also warned that no one should be informed about this until the investigation was over.
Then he obtained details of bank accounts, deposits, and jewellery in the house. A total of Rs 65 lakh was transferred to various accounts, including Rs 15 lakh on April 7 and Rs 50 lakh on April 9. Police investigation is under way.--Man murders wife over suspecting infidelityBelagavi: A woman was allegedly hacked to death by her husband over suspicions about her character in Katageri village of Athani taluk in Belagavi district on Saturday night.
The accused has been arrested. The deceased is Shobha Paragonda Sarawad, 35. According to police, the deceased was employed as a cook at the Oujikarmutt school in Katageri village. The accused, Paragonda Sarawad, 40, was a car driver in the same institution.
The couple were married for 15 years, but they frequently quarrelled. On Saturday night, the accused quarrelled with his wife after allegedly suspecting her fidelity. The accused attacked Shobha with a sharp weapon while she was asleep during the night, causing fatal injuries. She died on the spot. The incident has left the couple’s two children devastated, with their mother dead and their father behind bars.
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