An aged couple from a village in Karnataka’s Belagavi district died by suicide after shedding roughly Rs 50 lakh to cyber fraud, police stated.
The incident got here to gentle when neighbours found the our bodies of Diego Santan Nazareth, 82, and Flaviana, 79, residents of Khanapur, on Thursday. The couple had no kids.
In a be aware left behind, Nazareth, a retired authorities worker, wrote that nobody ought to be held accountable for the couple’s resolution and that they didn’t want to stay on the mercy of others.
The person named two folks within the be aware—Sumit Birra and Anil Yadav. He alleged that Birra, posing as a telecom division official from New Delhi, knowledgeable him {that a} SIM card had been fraudulently bought in his identify and was being misused for harassment and unlawful actions. The decision was then transferred to Yadav, who claimed to be from the Crime Department. Yadav allegedly threatened the aged man with authorized motion and demanded particulars of his property and monetary standing.
In response to the police, the couple, believing the fraudsters, transferred over Rs 50 lakh. Nevertheless, the scammers continued to demand extra, as revealed by digital transaction data.
Bhimashankar Guled, Superintendent of Police, Belagavi, stated a case was registered based mostly on the be aware. “A case of abetment to suicide and cyber fraud has been filed towards the 2 accused named within the be aware. Additional investigation is ongoing,” he stated.
The be aware additionally talked about a gold mortgage of Rs 7.15 lakh, with curiosity due by June. The person instructed that the mortgage ought to be settled and that the gold ought to be offered to clear the remaining dues. He additional wrote that he had borrowed cash from associates and requested that these money owed be repaid by promoting his spouse’s gold bangles and earrings.
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“Now I’m 82 years outdated and my spouse is 79. We now have nobody to assist us,” the be aware learn. “We don’t need to stay on the mercy of anybody, so we’ve taken this resolution.”
Moreover, he expressed a want for his or her our bodies to be donated to a medical establishment for instructional functions.
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