GANG DUPING UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS BUSTED, TWO HELD

PRAYAGRAJ : The Soraon police busted a gang involved in duping youths on the pretext of providing jobs. The police team arrested two members of the gang who used to trap unemployed youths through social media platforms, police said.

DCP trans-Ganga Abhishek Bharti said that after receiving a complaint in this regard, an FIR was lodged at the Soraon police station, and a team was constituted to trace the accused. Following a tip off, the police team arrested Ashish Gupta, 21, of Hasanpur Korari village of Tharwai and Abhishek aka Rudra Mishra, 22, of Khewrajpur, on Thursday. The accused revealed that the gang used to post advertisements for jobs on social media platforms. They took copies of the Aadhaar cards, PAN card, bank details etc. of youths and after editing and tampering with the documents, the gang members used to purchase goods. The purchased goods were then sold through the internet for cash. Efforts were on to trace and arrest other members of the gang, DCP added.

Woman jumps into Yamuna, rescued PRAYAGRAJ: Alert jawans of the PAC flood company saved the life of a woman who had jumped from the New Yamuna Bridge on Thursday. The woman was taken to hospital for treatment and was handed over to her kin by the police. In the afternoon, flood company team was near New Yamuna Bridge when a woman suddenly jumped into the river and started drowning. In-charge Vishal Mishra and constables Manoj Yadav and Alok Yadav immediately rushed to her rescue. The woman was from Semra village in Ghoorpur and had attempted suicide over a domestic squabble.