A 56-year-old man lost ₹38,000 from his bank account after being deceived by a caller impersonating an Army officer. According to the complaint, Padmanabha was contacted by the accused, who claimed he needed help renting a house. The fraudster promised to pay ₹25,000 as an advance and ₹13,000 as monthly rent.
As part of the so-called verification process, the caller instructed Padmanabha to transfer Re 1 via Google Pay. During further exchanges, the accused managed to extract the complainant’s bank credentials and swiftly siphoned ₹38,000 from his account.
Manipal police registered a case under Sections 316(2), 318(4), and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act.
In a separate case, the Vittal police in Dakshina Kannada arrested Bablu Kumar from Patna, Bihar, who had been absconding for nearly 10 years in a rape case. The incident, reported on November 4, 2015, occurred within the Vittal police station limits. Kumar had evaded multiple court summons since then.
With assistance from local authorities in Bihar, Vittal police successfully apprehended Kumar and presented him before the court. He faces charges under Sections 448 (house trespass), 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 376(G) (gang rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.