Gang that provided fake SIM cards to cybercriminals busted
The Hindu
They committed various offences including extortion
While probing a case of extortion, where a man was tricked into stripping on video call and then blackmailed, the Cybercrime Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Karnataka, has busted a ring in Haryana that was allegedly providing fake SIM cards and e-wallet accounts to various networks of cybercriminals.
In the specific case, the cybercrime ring had provided fake SIM cards to another network based in Rajasthan who used to call random people in the guise of women, make them strip on a video call and use the visuals to extort money. Based on the information given by the CID, the Cybercrime Coordination Centre of the Ministry of Home Affairs conducted a detailed data analysis and arrested three people from Haryana. Police claim they are linked to 3,951 cases of cybercrime.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.