Mumbai: The police have issued an alert, warning the citizens against ‘one ring’ and ‘pig butchering’ frauds. As the name suggests, one ring scam is a deceptive tactic to trick targets by giving missed calls. If the person calls back, he/she is connected to a premium-rate line, incurring hefty charges per minute, said the alert.

The scammers may also copy the target’s contact list and even steal sensitive information like bank or credit card details if they are saved on the phone. “Such calls originate from places like Belarus, Latvia, Serbia, Valparaiso, Vilnius and Tanzania,” said the alert. It appealed to the citizens to never answer or call back on suspicious international numbers rather block them.

Explaining the pig butchering fraud, the alert said, “It is a sophisticated scam wherein cybercriminals build trust with targets, often over weeks or months, to manipulate them into fraudulent investments.”

Scammers usually contact the individual through social media, dating apps or messaging platforms, pretending to form a relationship or friendship. Once trust is established, they persuade the person to invest in fake cryptocurrency, stocks or other financial schemes, said the alert.

Mumbai: Mumbai Police have cited three key motives behind the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique: Anger against actor Salman Khan, Siddique’s proximity with Khan, and a desire on the part of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to establish terror and supremacy in the city.

About The Case

Siddique, 66, was killed on October 12 near his son Zeeshan’s office in Bandra (East). So far, the police have arrested 26 suspects in connection with the murder. Last month the police submitted a charge sheet against the 26 accused. Two motorcycle-borne men fired five rounds outside Khan’s Galaxy Apartments in the early hours of April 14, 2024. As per the charge sheet, Anmol Bishnoi, brother of Lawrence, was the key conspirator, who was in constant touch with the shooters.

Soon after the attack on Khan, the gang began to look for its second target. Sujit Singh alias Babbu, in his confession statement, has claimed that wanted accused Shubham Lonkar and Anmol Bishnoi contacted him in June 2024, asking him to arrange men who could recce the home of Siddique. Babbu claimed that he initially ignored their demands but later took them seriously. Babbu introduced Anmol Bishnoi to Dombivali resident Nitin Sapre, who was entrusted with the task of doing recce and making further arrangements.

Claim Made By Nitin Sapre In His Confession Statement

Sapre, in his confession statement, claimed that he was looking for work, and that Babbu introduced him to Anmol Bishnoi. Sapre claimed that when he contacted Anmol Bishnoi, the latter asked him if he had any police cases. Sapre replied that he was in prison for murder. After hearing this, Anmol Bishnoi said: “Prepare a team of boys as we have lot of work in Mumbai.”

The police has said that Anmol Bishnoi recruited several young people with whom he kept in regular touch through various social media accounts. The gang was trying to gain supremacy in the city, the police has claimed, even during the investigation into the firing outside Khan’s residence.

Kolkata, Jan 28: The West Bengal government has finally given the no-objection certificate (NOC) for beginning the process to frame charges and subsequent trial process against Sandip Ghosh, the former and controversial principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

He was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore financial irregularities at the said medical entity.

This was informed by the CBI counsel at a single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday.

It is learnt that the state government gave the NOC on Monday evening.

Accordingly, the single judge bench of Tirthankar Ghosh has directed to complete the process of charges-framing and to begin the subsequent trial process within a week.

On Tuesday, the CBI also submitted a progress report of the investigation into the matter in a sealed envelope to the Calcutta High Court.

The CBI counsel also informed the court that their investigation is at the final stage.

Besides CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also conducting a parallel probe into the case of financial irregularities at R.G. Kar.

While CBI started its investigation following an order by the Calcutta High Court, the ED made a suo motu entry in the matter to investigate the money laundering angle after filing an enforcement case information report (ECIR).

Altogether five persons have been named by CBI in its charge sheet in the case. They are Sandip Ghosh, his assistant-cum- bodyguard Afsar Alir, private contractors Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra and a junior doctor Ashish Pandey. All of them are in judicial custody now. The main charges in the case include manipulation in the tendering process of R.G. Kar, getting infrastructure-related work done there by private contractors bypassing the state public works department against the hefty commission, smuggling of bio-medical wastes from the hospital outside and finally selling organs of the unidentified bodies coming to R.G. Kar morgue for post-mortem purposes in the open market at premium prices.