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The Hindu
6 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
Teen held for impersonating senior IAS, IPS officers on Facebook to extort money
A 19-year-old from Rajasthan has been arrested by Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police for creating fake Facebook profiles of senior IAS and IPS officers to dupe people into sending him money. The accused, Arbaz Khan, a resident of Bahadurpur Patti Meeran village in Alwar district, was caught after a senior bureaucrat filed a complaint on May 12, said an officer from the Hyderabad Cyber Crimes wing. The complaint alleged that someone had created a Facebook account using his name and photo, sent friend requests, and attempted to extort money from his contacts. 'Probe revealed that Khan had created multiple fake accounts, including one falsely identifying himself as a CRPF officer. He also sent misleading and inappropriate messages, damaging the reputations of several high-ranking officials. The accused used Facebook and WhatsApp to impersonate senior officers, targeting their colleagues and friends with fake display pictures and false identities,' said the officer, adding that he is also named in another case under investigation by Alwal police in Cyberabad. Meanwhile, the Hyderabad police officials have advised people not to trust social media messages that claim to be from government officers, especially when money is requested. Victims of cyber fraud are urged to dial 1930 or visit for help.
News18
14-05-2025
- News18
‘Wheeling Misconstrued As Bravado By Youth': Karnataka HC Urges Legal Reform To Curb Rising Menace
Last Updated: The Court noted the stunt has dangerously spread from urban roads to rural areas, creating serious risks for both riders and the general public The Karnataka High Court has called upon the state government and law enforcement agencies to consider introducing stringent legal provisions to combat the growing menace of 'wheeling", a hazardous stunt performed by motorcycle riders. The Court underscored the inadequacy of existing laws under the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act in deterring such reckless behaviour. The Single Bench of Justice V Srishananda, while dismissing a bail application filed by Arbaz Khan, who was arrested for allegedly performing wheelies and assaulting police personnel, observed, 'Legislature has to take into consideration that existing statutory provisions relating to reckless and negligent driving is hardly sufficient to curb the menace and therefore, to fill up the legislative vacuum, suitable and stringent provisions are to be incorporated by amending the Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act to complement each other." Highlighting that 'wheeling", the act of lifting a motorcycle's front wheel while in motion, is often glamourised among youth, the Court noted the stunt has dangerously spread from urban roads to rural areas, creating serious risks for both riders and the general public. 'Younger generation riders of the motorcycle are under the misconception that the act of wheeling is bravado and indulge in such perilous stunts, being unaware of the grave risks involved in the said act," the Court remarked. The Court said that such perilous misadventures not only endanger the lives of riders and pillion passengers but also disrupt public order and safety. 'The act of a few unscrupulous and unmindful youths in indulging in wheeling would definitely disturb the public order and tranquillity." Justice Srishananda stressed that the bailable nature of reckless driving offences under current laws significantly hampers the ability of enforcement agencies to effectively curb such behaviour. Taking judicial notice of the alarming rise in such incidents, the Court urged the state to fulfill its 'bounded duty" to enact tougher measures. It said, 'Taking note of the galloping trend and alarming rise in such incidents, it is now the bounded duty of the State and its law enforcement agencies to legislate necessary legal provisions and to take stringent measures to suppress the perilous activity." The remarks came in a case involving Arbaz Khan, who was booked under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — including Sections 132, 109(1), 121(1), 115(1), 352, 351(2), 238 read with Section 3(5), 281, 125, 125(a) — and under Sections 183, 184, 192, 196 and 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act. According to the police, Khan and two others were performing wheelies in October 2024 when they fell off their motorcycle. As the police approached to assist them, they were allegedly assaulted by the accused, who also hurled abuses, used filthy language, and threw a police officer's mobile phone into the Tungabhadra canal. Dismissing the bail petition, the Court noted the petitioner's habitual involvement in such offences and his aggression toward police officers. It said, 'In curbing the acts of a few unscrupulous elements that have a deleterious impact upon society at large, thereby disturbing public order and endangering the safety and security of citizens… the discretionary power vested in this Court cannot be exercised in favour of the applicant." The Court concluded that mere filing of a chargesheet does not automatically entitle the petitioner to bail, particularly in light of his past conduct and the seriousness of the present allegations. Noting that Khan is a habitual offender, the Court observed, 'Mere filing of the chargesheet, by itself, cannot be held sufficient to entitle the petitioner to an order of bail by invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023." Accordingly, the criminal petition was rejected. First Published: May 14, 2025, 18:42 IST
The Hindu
13-05-2025
- The Hindu
Stringent law needed to curb menace of wheeling on public roads: Karnataka High Court
Taking note of the alarming rise in incidents of wheeling, a motorcycle stunt, on public roads, the High Court of Karnataka has said that it is the duty of the State and its law enforcement agencies to legislate necessary legal provisions and to take stringent measures to suppress this perilous activity by plugging the loophole in the law. A plain reading of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the Indian Penal Code, 1860, it is found that the existing statutory provisions are not adequate for enforcement agencies to effectively curb the menace of 'wheeling', the court said while pointing out that perhaps, at the time of enacting these laws, the legislators did not foresee or specifically contemplate that a two-wheeler would be driven on the hind wheel alone, and hence no express penal provision was envisaged to advert the said mischief. Justice V. Srishananda made these observations while refusing to grant bail to Arbaz Khan, 29, a resident of Gangavati in Koppal district, who was arrested on the charge of manhandling the police who tried to stop him and his accomplices while they were indulging in wheeling on a public road. No specific provisions 'At present, such acts are booked within the ambit of the general offences of reckless or negligent driving. However, it is to be noted that the absence of a specific and necessary provision has resulted in a legislative vacuum, affecting the efficacy of law enforcement agencies in curbing the menace of wheeling, as the offence of reckless driving is bailable in nature,' the court observed. The court said, 'It [wheeling] is a trending menace in the public road which not only endangers the rider and pillion rider of the motorcycle, but also general public at large'. Not acts of bravado It is also pertinent to note that act of wheeling, initially confined to urban areas on sufficiently wide and arterial roads, has extended its tentacles even to rural areas, the court said, while pointing out that the 'younger generation riders of the motorcycle are under the misconception that the act of wheeling is bravado and indulge in such perilous stunts being unaware of the grave risks involved in the said act'.
