Tag: Mumbai

  • Bal Thackeray Master Of Hate ,Praised Out of Fear

    It is said that one shouldn’t speak ill of the dead.

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    Bal Thackeray.

    While alive, you can not do that as well as you will be in danger of physical harm.

    Some People achieve greatness mostly by speaking the most controversial , whether it makes sense  or not, whether it is good for the Society in the long run.

    People pay respect when they were alive for fear of Life or their livelihood.

    After their death, people mouth inane tributes, while in their hearts would have been relieved.

    Ffear of being attacked by the Leader’s followers makes them speak non sense as tributes.

    Such a Man was Bala Saheb Thackeray who is like Anna, or Annaduari of the DMK in Tamil Nadu.

    It may be noted that the Shiv Sena was was founded in 1966 after and in response to The DMK’s call and fight against North Indians and Hindi in 1962.

    Bal Thackeray was shrewd enough to see the design to gain popularity among the locals and initially he drove Tamilians out and there was no mention of the North Indians in Mumbai then.

    Shiv Sena of Bal Thackeray and the DMK of Anna are two outfits which consists mostly of the flotsam and jetsam of the Society,more like the Black and Brown Shirts.

    Thackeray spewed venom on the so called ‘outsiders’ in Mumbai‘ and he is euologised for restoring the Pride , ‘Manoos’ of the  Maharashtrains.

    Maharashtrains had and still have their pride intact, no thanks to Bal Thackeray.

    When people speak of restoring the Pride. what are they speaking about?

    Attacking the poor from other States who have come to Mumbai to fill their belly?

    The ‘belly fillers’ are the very people who have done Maharashtra proud, be it Raj Kappor, Amitabh Bachchan,Reliance,Tatas,Kishore Kumar,SD Burman, RD Burman,Salil Choudhary….the list is endless.

    Try running Mumbai with out the Biharis and the other north Indian people who have come and are still coming to Mumbai.

    Precisley the same tactic used by Anna durai in Tamil Nadu to capture power.

    Attacking north Indians, Brahmins.

    Bal Thackeray shrewd as he was posed a Hindu Fanatic and chose Muslims as his whipping boys.

    Just as Annadurai, Thakeary knows when to retraet.

    When Amiatbh Bachchan was attacked fpr being a non Maharashtra  promptly came Bal Thaceray to the support of Amitabh, saying that he is more of a Mumbaikar, just as Annadurai, fearful of losing votes declared’ I do not Hate Brahmins, but only Brahminism!’

    Both avowed that their parties will never seek power!

    DMK promoted Personality cult based on their so called Love of the Tamil Language and Marathi Manoos.

    Barring Annadurai , other leaders of the DMK, notably Karunanidhi, had made Tamil Nadu as a fiefdom of  his Family.

    Thackeray divided it between Uddhav and Raj Thackeray.

    Both of them never felt shy of changing views.

    For Bal Thackeray. Congress is to be wiped out but Indira Gandhi is the Greatest Leader

    For Anna Durai Rajaji was an evil Brahmin ,later became ‘Acharyar'(Venerable Teacher).

    What sort of a Leader sre you when Film Directors, producers ans Actors must seek your approval before their movies are being released, be it Dilip Kumar for ‘Aadmi’ Bachchan and Ram Gopal Varma for Sarkar, Mani Rathnam for Bombay!

    Mumbai is closing down even to day as the whole of Maharashtra.

    Fear of being attacked by the vandals, that’s all.

    History Of Hate Speech.

    1969:

    Only time Thackeray serves a jail term for the Sena’s violent agitation in the Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute

    1989:

    Bombay high court holds Thackeray and Ramesh Prabhoo guilty of election offences. In 1995, Supreme Court upholds verdict. Based on this verdict, in 1999, Sena chief is stripped of voting rights by EC for 6 years.

    1993:

    Case filed by govt for inflammatory editorials during riots. In 2000, Thackeray ‘surrenders’ before a metropolitan court. Magistrate throws out case since govt sanction to prosecute not acquired. In 2007, HC throws out state’s appeal against lower court order

    1993:

    Ex-civic chief J B D’Souza files petition urging action against Thackeray for ‘inflammatory’ editorials during riots. Police say 4 cases have been filed in lower court, maintain D’Souza should have gone to cops or Press Council first. HC agrees, dismisses petition. In 1995, SC upholds HC verdict

    1997:

    Sentenced to two years by HC in a contempt case. In 2004, SC overturns verdict

    1998:

    Srikrishna Commission says on riots: ‘There is no doubt that the Shiv Sena and the Shiv Sainiks took lead in organising attacks on Muslims…, from the level of Shakha Pramukhs to Shiv Sena Pramukh Bal Thackeray’

    1998:

    Action Taken Report of Sena-BJP government says: ‘The Government totally disagrees with these totally distorted statements of the Commission’

    RIOT LOG

    In two dozen criminal complaints filed against Thackeray, prosecution sanction was not granted in 16. In seven others, chargesheets were filed but the Sena-BJP government withdrew the cases in 1996. The remaining case also did not survive.

    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-18/mumbai/35186442_1_hc-verdict-files-petition-sena-bjp-government

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  • Nitin Gadkari’s Web of Bribes

    Nitin Gadkari, president of BJP, is being accused, with substance , of getting kick backs being invested in his Company Purthi Group by Ideal Road Builders.

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    Puti Group.
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    Ideal Road Builders.

     

    When he was the PWD Minister in Mumbai, he is said to have favored IRB by way of Contracts worth 66 Crore.

     

    Look at the way he defends himself to NDTV-‘It is not wrong to accept money from some body who had been benefited-I am the most Popular Politician , I have raised over 4000 Crore’.

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    Purti Group.

     

    Is it the reason why he is quiet on Maharashtra Irrigation Scam?( read my blog on this).

     

    Most of the addresses of his company directors are fakes.

     

    17 addresses from the same house!

     

    Some of them exist only on emails.

     

    Gadkaris’ driver is MD of Gadkari’s Company!

     

    Look at his web of deceit.

     

    Worth probing if there is any link between him Jayaswal and Coalgate scam as well.

     

    Mr Gadkari was the Public Works Department Minister of a Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in 1995-99, when a company called Ideal Road Builders was awarded hefty contracts. Ideal did remarkably well in those years – its turnover rose from Rs.41 crore in 1996 to Rs. 67 crore in 1999.

    A little after Mr Gadkari demitted office, in 2001, Ideal Road Builders invested in Mr Gadkari’s Purti group of companies in 2001, picking up almost Rs. 1.85 crore of shares. Ideal Road Builders has since become a subsidiary of IRB Infra Developers Limited. IRB infra developers, in a response to a questionnaire from NDTV, said in an email, “Ideal Road Builders Private Limited made an investment of Rs. 1.85 crore in equity shares of Purti Sakhar Karkhana in 2001. At that time, investment in sugar factory in Vidarbha region was felt to yield promising returns.” Mr DP Mhaiskar, the founder of the Ideal Road Builders, also invested in approximately Rs. 2 crore of shares. Together, they control about eight per cent of Purti Group.

    In financial year 2010, the Purti Group received a loan of 165 crores from Global Safety Vision, a company started by DP Mhaiskar. With this one loan, Purti was able to repay all its outstanding debt. Surprisingly, in its last regulatory filings Global Safety Vision had only 1 lakh paid up capital.

    Opponents allege that these loans and investments are quid pro quo. But Mr Gadkari today vehemently denied that, saying that he has not done any favours to Ideal Road Builders. He defended his ties with businessman and founder of Ideal Road Builders, DP Mhaiskar saying, “I can accept equity from anyone, there is nothing wrong. I am friends with Mr Mhaiskar and many contractors are my friends… Purti has losses of 64 crores, Mhaiskar loaned me 165 crores from his company, and I have repaid him 64 crores.” Meanwhile, no response was forthcoming from Mr DP Mhaiskar despite sending him two detailed questionnaires.

    But there are other questions about the investors of the Purti Group, which has eight group companies that range from power, sugar, ethanol, alcohol, bio diesel among others.

    NDTV’s investigation found many ‘mystery’ owners and investors. While the total share capital of the company is Rs. 68 crore, almost Rs. 50 crore comes from about 18 such companies. In other words, these companies own 70 per cent of Purti. Mr Gadkari, who is shown as Chairman on the company’s website, only owns about 200 shares.

    When we set out to find these companies and its directors across various cities we hit a dead end. Two of the firms – Swiftsol India and Earnwell Traders are registered at a chawl in the Mumbai suburb of Malad where there is no trace of any company. A family has been living there for over 20 years and have never heard of any such company. At another address on Hajibapu Road, again in Malad are the registered offices of Chariot Investrade, Regency Equifin and Leverage Fintrade but again all we find is a family who is clueless about these companies. These companies have made investments worth Rs. 17 crores in Purti. Similarly in Kolkata, our correspondent went looking for an office on MD Road and was told none exists. Tracing the directors of these companies – some of whom are common – too was futile.’

     

    http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/probe-nitin-gadkari-s-company-for-fraud-digvijaya-singh-to-ndtv-282544

     

    Sudhakar Madke, a driver,  and Suresh Atram, a peon, working in firms set up by BJP MP Ajay Sancheti, said to be close to party chief Nitin Gadkari,  bought a flat each worth Rs 60 lakhs in the controversial Adarsh society, Times of India reported quoting an unnamed senior bureaucrat.

    Vishal Kedari, a vegetable vendor in Pune cantonment area, with an income of less than Rs 10,000 p.m., also bought a flat worth Rs 60 lakh in Adarsh society, the report said.

    In his deposition before the commission probing the Adarsh scam, Sudhakar Madke, who has never visited Mumbai, submitted that he had been granted an unsecured loan of Rs 60 lakh by his employer.  Similarly, Atram also secured a Rs 60 lakh loan from Sancheti.

    The report said, Sancheti’s firm extended unsecured loans to 10 persons for buying a flat each in Adarsh society, and in return, secured undertakings from them, saying that in the event they were unable to repay the loan, the flats would automatically be transferred to Sancheti’s firm.

    “Our information is that Madke, Atram and Kedari came to know that they were owners of the flats only after the Adarsh scam rocked the nation”, the bureaucrat told TOI.(India TV News)

     

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  • Mayank Gandhi Full Story 2

    The state government pulled up MCGM’s high-powered committee for not exercising due diligence.

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    Lok Group.

    To some activists, the design behind Remaking of Mumbai Federation was clear from the start. UTSAL KARANI AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT JANHIT MANCH blew the whistle on Lok Group and ROMF several times, until Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar finally opened their eyes.

    We need to remember that builders can create a marketable asset without having anything in hand, just like magic.

    We must remember that builders will always find innovative ways of bypassing the processes of competitive bidding and project evaluation by whipping up public sentiments.

    On this solemn occasion of Shri Lalit Gandhi’s second death anniversary, let us all maintain one minute’s silence and remember how Lok Group and Remaking of Mumbai Federation nearly pulled a fast one on this city.

    http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/03/lok-groups-romf-scam/

    Contrary to the public perception that was created, there was nothing “inclusive” about Remaking of Mumbai Federation. It was never a true federation of stakeholders, and it never gained the grassroots level support from landlords and tenants of Chira Bazar. The couple of tenants associations supposedly supporting ROMF were little more than letterheads.

     
    To Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group — the owner of this NGO — Chira Bazaar Cluster Development was a cash cow to be carved up into beef and sold to the highest bidder. Had things gone according to plan, Lok Group might have reaped bumper profits by selling it for at least Rs 37.5 crores, if not much more. See the last page of the Chira Bazaar sale agreement between Lok Group and Unity Realty & Development Ltdhttp://tinyurl.com/Chira-Bazaar-Sale-Agreement 
     
    On page 6, under the heading, ‘Cancellation of earlier MOUs and Agreements’, this document refers to an earlier transaction worth Rs 37.5 crore in August 2010, in post-dated cheques dated from November 2010 till end-2013. ROMF had claimed that it would deliver the Chira Bazaar cluster development project, tied up neatly, to Unity Developers. (Unity Infraprojects Limited — UIL — is the holding Company of Unity Realty & Developers Ltd – the buyer of this project.  The promoters of UIL — K K Avarsekar and his associates – are known to have the blessings of the Thackeray family; this may explain the eagerness of MCGM’s High Powered Committee to overlook the glaring shortcomings of this project.)
     
    So, in effect, this present agreement, which scaled down the payment to Rs 10 crore, was an admission of ROMF’s inability to deliver as promised. 
     
    As per the present agreement made in Jan 2011, Lok Group and ROMF sold a 5 acre “pilot project” carved out of this 30-acre project to Unity Realty & Development Ltd (URDL) for down-payment of Rs 5 crore, plus Rs 5 crore linked to the project progress. See page 9-11 of their redevelopment agreement under the heading, ‘Monetary Obligations & Considerations’.(Incidentally, this deal was transacted on stamp paper of Rs 100. Stamp duty of 5% of value of immovable properties / land / development rights was not paid on this Development Agreement. If we take the deal at its face value — Rs 10 crore – it amounts to stamp duty evasion of about Rs 50 lakh. But some experts feel that the true value of this agreement is far beyond these figures; even under the scaled-down agreement, ROMF was delivering to Unity Realty an intangible asset worth hundreds of crores. One way or another, it is a huge evasion, and Maharashtra Stamp Duty department should estimate what its true value is!)
     
    In this agreement, the seller is ROMHIF. So what is the connection of ROMHIF with ROMF? This extract from Lok Housing & Constructions Ltd Directors Report 2010 explains it: “Remaking of Mumbai Housing Infrastructure & Finance Ltd (ROMHIF) submits proposal for Chira Bazaar Cluster redevelopment in C Ward of Mumbai. The High Powered Committee clears Chira Bazaar Cluster redevelopment proposal of ROMHIF to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362 buildings and over 8000 tenements)… The proposal for demolishing of old and dilapidated structures and construction of high rise buildings is under consideration with Government of Maharashtra… ROMHIF has submitted its proposal to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362 buildings and over 8000 tenements) in the Kalbadevi-Chira Bazar area in C Ward… It proposes to demolish these old and dilapidated buildings and in their place construct high rise structure in the ear-marked plots… Lok Housing Ltd has 49% stake in the shareholding of Remaking of Mumbai Development Ltd. (ROMD) which is the holding Company for ROMHIF”. As per the website of Registrar of Companies, the registered Addresses of both ROMD and ROMHIF is Lok Bhavan, Andheri East, Mumbai. Paid up capital of ROMD and ROMHIF is Rs 40 lakh and Rs 5 crore respectively. 

    Relateds.

    The state urban development department has rapped the civic high-powered committee for not exercising due diligence while clearing the Remaking of Mumbai Federation (ROMF)’s ambitious 29-acre cluster redevelopment project. It has pointed out that the proposal was forwarded to the state without ensuring irrevocable consent from tenants and landlords on stamp paper.

    The project was to cover Mumbai’s oldest ‘gold street’, Chira Bazaar, and parts of Kalbadevi.

    http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-14/mumbai/30627042_1_cluster-redevelopment-mumbai-federation-romf

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  • The Mayank Gandhi, ROMF Swindle Story Full Story. 1

    If one reads the information closely, the Pawar scam and the allocation of Coal Blocks to Jayaswal, the connection of Thackeray Group  and the stunning silence of BJP on Gadkari scam and his connection to irrigation fraud, we can notice that all are in cahoots, irrespective of party affiliations.

     

    Frauds are exposed only when one does not get an adequate share in the loot.

     

    Follow for more exposes.

    An RTI activist has alleged that key associate of Anna Hazare Mayank Gandhi misused his NGO to help builders, media reports said.

    India Today reported on Thursday that RTI activist Kishanji Rao has alleged Mayank Gandhi’s NGO Remaking of Mumbai illegally helped his uncle Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group.  Rao alleges that Mayank Gandhi also helped Lalit and other builders in bagging land deals.

    The Swindle Story:

    An RTI activist has alleged that key associate of Anna Hazare Mayank Gandhi misused his NGO to help builders, media reports said.

    India Today reported on Thursday that RTI activist Kishanji Rao has alleged Mayank Gandhi’s NGO Remaking of Mumbai illegally helped his uncle Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group.  Rao alleges that Mayank Gandhi also helped Lalit and other builders in bagging land deals.

    Mayank Gandhi-who is He and his scam?

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    Mayank Gandhi.

    ‘Few days ago, the city observed builder Lalit Gandhi’s second death anniversary. Gandhi, co-founder of Lok Group, passed away on 23 March 2010.

     

    He had seen visions of innovatively making money from the dilapidated ceased buildings of Chira Bazaar in South Mumbai. In 2006-07, he founded an NGO called Remaking of Mumbai Federation (ROMF).

     

    This NGO was spearheaded by Mayank Gandhi, Shri Lalit Gandhi’s charismatic nephew (who went on to achieve national fame last year as a major architect of Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption campaign).

    By fudging the lines of demarcation between commercial interest, private interest and public interest, this NGO merged Lok Group’s commercial interest with the ambition of over 8000 tenants living in dilapidated buildings to have better homes.

    By connecting with the Mumbaikar’s desire for a beautiful city, Remaking of Mumbai Federation (ROMF) became a media-darling and messiah of Chira Bazaar Cluster Development. It organized several events.

     

    Around the core of these events, a publicity campaign consisting of systematic misinformation and name-dropping was built. Sri Sri Ravishankar, Justice P N Bhagwati, Narayan Murthy and Deepak Parekh,

     

    Citispace are a small sample of the dignitaries whose names were exploited for creating brand-equity around ‘Remaking of Mumbai’. The credits-list of this newsletter is a good specimen of such name-dropping.

    Contrary to the public perception that was created, there was nothing “inclusive” about Remaking of Mumbai Federation.

    It was never a true federation of stakeholders, and it never gained the grassroots level support from landlords and tenants of Chira Bazar. The couple of tenants associations supposedly supporting ROMF were little more than letterheads.

    To Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group-the owner of this NGO-Chira Bazaar Cluster Development was a cash cow to be carved up into beef and sold to the highest bidder. Had things gone according to plan, Lok Group might have reaped bumper profits by selling it for at least Rs 37.5 crores, if not much more.

    Under the heading, ‘Cancellation of earlier MOUs and Agreements’, this document refers to an earlier transaction worth Rs 37.5 crore in August 2010, in post-dated cheques dated from November 2010 till end-2013.

     

    ROMF had claimed that it would deliver the Chira Bazaar cluster development project, tied up neatly, to Unity Developers. (Unity Infraprojects Limited (UIL) is the holding Company of Unity Realty & Developers Ltd – the buyer of this project.

     

    The promoters of UIL- K K Avarsekar and his associates – are known to have the blessings of the Thackeray family; this may explain the eagerness of MCGM’s High Powered Committee to overlook the glaring shortcomings of this project.)

     

    So, in effect, this present agreement, which scaled down the payment to Rs 10 crore, was an admission of ROMF’s inability to deliver as promised.

     

    As per the present agreement made in Jan 2011, Lok Group and ROMF sold a 5 acre “pilot project” carved out of this 30-acre project to Unity Realty & Development Ltd (URDL) for down-payment of Rs 5 crore, plus Rs 5 crore linked to the project progress.

     

    Under the heading, ‘Monetary Obligations & Considerations’. (Incidentally, this deal was transacted on stamp paper of Rs 100.

     

    Stamp duty of 5% of value of immovable properties / land / development rights was not paid on this Development Agreement.

     

     

    If we take the deal at its face value – Rs 10 crore – it amounts to stamp duty evasion of about Rs 50 lakh.

     

    But some experts feel that the true value of this agreement is far beyond these figures; even under the scaled-down agreement, ROMF was delivering to Unity Realty an intangible asset worth hundreds of crores. One way or another, it is a huge evasion, and Maharashtra Stamp Duty department should estimate what its true value is!)

    In this agreement, the seller is ROMHIF. So what is the connection of ROMHIF with ROMF?

     

    This extract from Lok Housing & Constructions Ltd Directors Report 2010 explains it: “Remaking of Mumbai Housing Infrastructure & Finance Ltd” (ROMHIF) submits proposal for Chira Bazaar Cluster redevelopment in C Ward of Mumbai.

     

    The High Powered Committee clears Chira Bazaar Cluster redevelopment proposal of ROMHIF to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362 buildings and over 8000 tenements).

     

    The proposal for demolishing of old and dilapidated structures and construction of high rise buildings is under consideration with Government of Maharashtra.

     

    ROMHIF has submitted its proposal to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362 buildings and over 8000 tenements) in the Kalbadevi-Chira Bazar area in C Ward. It proposes to demolish these old and dilapidated buildings and in their place construct high rise structure in the ear-marked plots.

     

    Lok Housing Ltd has 49% stake in the shareholding of Remaking of Mumbai Development Ltd. (ROMD) which is the holding Company for ROMHIF”. As per the website of Registrar of Companies, the registered Addresses of both ROMD and ROMHIF is Lok Bhavan,

     

    Andheri East, Mumbai. Paid up capital of ROMD and ROMHIF is Rs 40 lakh and Rs 5 crore respectively.

     

    Since Lok Housing Ltd as per Directors Report has 49% stake in the holding company ROMD for ROMHIF, who owns the balance 51% stake?

     

    Is it somebody in the government or civic administration?

     

    We don’t know, but it will be interesting to find out.

     

    The names of all companies start with Remaking of Mumbai.

     

    Why? So that the brand equity of ‘Remaking of Mumbai’ can be effortlessly passed on to any buyer. The government approvals gotten by ROMF can also be transferred, with some help from pliant government officials, to another entity with the same name, namely Remaking of Mumbai Unity Developers Private Limited. In this crucial clause, the agreement recognizes that it is crucial to retain the ‘Remaking of Mumbai’ name at all times, even if the latter part of the name were changed in future i.e. if Unity Realty & Developers sold its stake to someone else. (Now that is like saying: Smita is married to Ramesh. It is crucial that any man desirous of sleeping with Smita must knock on the bedroom door and say, “Open the door, I am Ramesh.” Needless to say, the real Ramesh gets paid.)

    Unfortunately for Lok Group and their buyer, Unity Realty, the state government questioned the fraudulent claims of Lok Group/ROMF – especially the claim that that it had written consent from 79.2% tenants. What it actually had was some letters from a small number of tenants, giving the project their best wishes without even knowing the particulars of the project – and of course, without knowing even which builder was going to undertake the massive redevelopment, and whether he had the capital and infrastructural capabilities to do so.

    http://beyondheadlines.in/2012/03/lok-groups-romf-scam/

    ……           continues

    More on Pawar Connection to Irrigation scam 70,000.crore.

    http://ramanisblog.in/2012/09/26/70000-crore-scam-maharashtra-irrigationpawars-fight-on/

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  • Mobile Terror ,Beware

     

    I received the following forward  from my brother;s son , a couple of days ago. I thought it was just routine.

     

    Then I have received this from my friend and phone calls from some of my acquaintances.

     

    I am reproducing the message for it is better to look foolish than to be sorry.

     


    This happened in Mumbai…….

    I cannot stop myself from sharing this with all of you. It all started when I received a call from someone claiming that he was from my mobile service provider and he asked me to shutdown my phone for 2 hours for 3G update to take place. As I was rushing for a meeting, I did not question and shutdown my cell phone.

    After 45 minutes I felt very suspicious since the caller did not even introduce his name. I quickly turned on my cell phone and I saw several missed calls from my family members and the others were from the number that had called me earlier – 3954380.

    I called my parents and I was shocked that they sounded very worried asking me whether I am safe. My parents told me that they had received a call from someone claiming that they had me with them and asking for money to let me free. The call was so real and my parents even heard ‘my voice’ crying out loud asking for help. My parent was at the bank waiting for next call to proceed for money transfer. I told my parents that I am safe and asked them to lodge a police report.

    Right after that I received another call from the guy asking me to shut down my cell phone for another 1 hour which I refused to do and hung up. They keep calling my cell phone until the battery had run down. I myself lodged a police report and I was informed by the officer that there were many such scams reported. MOST of the cases reported that the victim had already transferred the money! And it is impossible to get back the money. Be careful as this kind of scam might happen to any of us!!! Those guys are so professional and very convincing during calls. If you are asked to shut down your cell phone for updates by the service provider, ASK AROUND!

    Your family or friends might receive the same call.
    Thanks Ramu,Prasad.