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Time of India
04-07-2025
- Time of India
In separate cyber fraud cases, three people duped of 21L
Lucknow: Three cases of cybercrime were reported in the state capital on Friday, wherein the victims were defrauded of a total of Rs 20.93 lakh through online trading scams, rental fraud, and fake customer service calls. According to cyber police officials, Sumit Tandon, a businessman from Bag Tola in Chowk, reported that he received a WhatsApp message last month from a trading platform named 'Iron FX International Group' offering lucrative returns on investment. Trusting the promise of high profits, he transferred Rs 10.5 lakh to the scammers before realising it was a fraud. In another case, 92-year-old Jagdish Chandra Kukreti, a resident of Sector J in Aliganj, uploaded an advertisement on the real estate platform MagicBricks to rent out his house. On May 28, he received a call from a man claiming to be NSG commando Ashish Kumar Pahadi, who expressed interest in renting the property. Under the pretext of sending advance rent, the caller tricked Kukreti into sharing his account details and siphoned off Rs 5.38 lakh. A third victim, 70-year-old Krishnakant Trivedi from Shalimar Vista in Gomtinagar Extension, was duped on June 30 by a fraudster impersonating a PNB bank customer care executive. The caller obtained Trivedi's confidential banking information and withdrew Rs 5.05 lakh from his account. "We have once again urged the public to exercise caution and verify identities before sharing financial information online," said Brajesh Yadav, inspector, Cyber Crime Police Station.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Indo-Pak conflict: Bhopal hospitals mark rooftops with red cross
BHOPAL: Hospitals in the city are painting large red cross symbols on their rooftops as a precautionary measure amidst rising tensions between India and Pakistan. Tensions escalated between the two countries in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. Subsequently, India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terror bases in both govt and private, have been instructed to paint large red crosses with white backgrounds."These instructions were issued on May 7. They were issued to both private and govt hospitals, and the majority of the hospitals have already painted them. These instructions were issued as a safety measure by the govt," Chief Medical and Health Officer, Bhopal, Dr Prabhakar Tiwari told hospitals, both JP and Hamidia, have already painted red crosses on their rooftops. "We painted it on May 7 itself on the rooftop as per the precautionary measure and instructions issued," Superintendent of the Hamidia Hospital, Dr Sumit Tandon told major govt hospital in the city, AIIMS, is yet to paint the red cross on the rooftop, but its management has issued instructions to do so on Friday itself. Spokesperson for AIIMS Bhopal, Dr Ketan Mehra said, "Our Director has issued instructions for painting the red cross on the rooftop on Friday. It is likely to be done on Saturday."Sources said that the red cross is an internationally recognised emblem that signifies medical facilities and personnel. Protected under the Geneva Conventions, it serves to shield hospitals and other medical units from attacks during armed Wednesday, mock drills were held in the city as a preparatory and precautionary measure during increasing tensions. The state govt issued guidelines for the drill and other precautionary measures, including marking hospital roofs with a red cross.
