Top 2 crime stories of Bengaluru

Man kills friend's wife, hangs self 

NT Bureau

A woman was murdered and the accused allegedly died by suicide shortly after the crime in Tirupalya near Hebbagodi on the outskirts of Ben galuru on Wednesday, police said. The deceased woman has been identified as Mandira Mandal (27). Police said she was at tacked with a knife and her throat was slit.

The accused, Suman Mandal (28), was found hanging in the same house later. Both hailed from West Bengal. Preliminary investiga tion revealed that Suman was a friend of Mandira's husband Bijoy Mandal. Mandira and Bijoy had been married for eight years and had a six year-old son.

However, the couple had been living separately for the past two years. Mandira was residing in a rented house in Tirupalya. According to police, on Sunday evening, Suman reportedly went to visit Mandira. An argument is said to have broken out, during which Suman allegedly killed her using a knife available in the house.

He later died by suicide by hanging him self in the room. Hebbagodi police visited the spot and have sent both bodies for post mortem. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway.

Digital arrest: Cyber fraudsters dupe elderly man of Rs 1.77 cr

NT Correspondent

A case has emerged involving cyber fraudsters who deceived an elderly man out of Rs 1.77 crore by holding him in digital custody for a week. Following a complaint lodged by the victim, G Vasant Kumar (81), a resident of NGEF Layout in Sadan andanagar, a case was registered at the CEN Police Station (East Division) on July 23.

Sandeep Jadhav, who contacted Kumar on July 5 posing as a member of the Colaba police in Mumbai, threatened him by claiming that crores of rupees had been transferred from his Aadhaar number to Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways. The fraudster, who had digitally detained Kumar from July 9 to July 15, in stilled fear by displaying a fabricated arrest warrant via a WhatsApp video call, according to the complaint.

Believing he was speaking to an actual Mumbai police officer, Vasant Kumar pro vided details of his five bank accounts as directed by the fraudsters. He was told that the funds in his account needed to be secured in another account and that an investigation was ongoing. Sub sequently, he was informed that his money would be transferred to the respective bank account.

Following the fraudsters' instructions, he transferred Rs 1,77,06,000 from his various bank accounts. Once the investigation concluded and the money was not returned, he realised he had been defrauded, as stated in the complaint.