Thane: 27-year-old man shot at by relative over property dispute

A 27yearold man was injured when a relative allegedly opened fire at him following a property dispute in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe incident took place on Tuesday evening at Lonad village in the Bhiwandi areaThe victim was heading to a hospital on his motorbike when his relative along with two other persons waylaid him and fired at him from a revolver at pointblank range before fleeing a police official said reported PTIThe victim Vicky Dalvi suffered serious injuries and was undergoing treatment in a hospital he said reported PTIThe incident was the result of an ongoing land dispute between them the official saidThe Padgha police on Wednesday registered an FIR against the three accused under sections 1091 attempt to murder and 35 common intention of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Arms Act reported PTIEfforts were on to trace the accused the police addedMumbai businessman kept under digital arrest overnight duped of Rs 53 lakhIn another case a 60yearold businessman from south Mumbai was kept under digital arrest overnight by cyber fraudsters who posed as senior officials from law enforcement agencies and allegedly duped him of Rs 53 lakh police said on Tuesday reported PTIFraudsters accused the businessman of involvement in a money laundering case and forced him to remain on a video call for the whole night saying he had an online bail hearing in a court the next day and also issued him a fake notice from the Supreme Court an official saidDigital arrest is a growing form of cybercrime in which fraudsters pose as law enforcement officials or personnel of government agencies and intimidate victims through audiovideo calls They hold the victims hostage and put pressure on them to pay moneyAccording to the police the victim a resident of Agripada received a call from an unknown number on November 2 and the caller who identified himself as Rajiv Sinha an officer of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI asked him to appear before the Delhi police in two hours as a SIM card in his name was used in fraudulent activities reported PTIWhen the victim showed his inability to reach Delhi the caller told him about an offence registered against him in Delhi and that the police would phone himThe official said that the businessman received a video call from a man who identified himself as Vijay Khanna an official from the Delhi police He told the victim that his name had cropped up in a money laundering case and his Aadhaar card was used to open a bank account at a nationalised bank in Dariyagunj Delhi reported PTIHe said fraudsters kept the victim on edge for hours transferring the call to other men posing as senior officials who showed him notices issued on the letterheads of AntiCorruption Branch Inspection Department and Director of EnforcementThe call continued overnight as the victim was grilled about his movable and immovable assets and savingsThe fraudsters informed the victim that he was under arrest and had to remain in his room till his online bail hearing the next day the official saidThe next day during the online hearing the court denied him bail and ordered that all his bank accounts be frozen and money to be transferred to nationalised banksOne of the fraudsters sent the victim a fake notice in the name of the Supreme Court and details of a bank account into which the victim was forced to deposit Rs 53 lakh police saidWhen the caller demanded more money after some time the victim realised that he had been cheated and he managed to get out of the room on the pretext of going to the toilet and called the police helpline 1930 to alert them about the digital arrestHe lodged a complaint at the Central Region Cyber police station following which a case was registered and a probe is underway the official saidWith inputs from PTI