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people.” He also blamed the state govern- Zomato vows zero tolerance after Tough tasks ahead for cyber safety
ment for the lapses in the security pro- Cyber criminals
vided to Kamlesh Tiwari. delivery boy held in murder case authorities as smart and intelligent
‘Unsuccessful in controlling crime’ criminals come up with innovative
Congress General Secretary Priyanka
Gandhi attacked Yogi government after With one of its delivery boys being including review of his Aadhaar are on the prowl ways to cheat and fudge their victims
Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder. Taking a jibe arrested in connection with murder card, driving license, PAN card, and online, reports sunny sharma
at the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh over its of Hindu group leader Kamlesh Ti- past court records, by an independ-
alleged failure to maintain law and order wari, online food ordering platform ent agency. He made last delivery
situation, she accused that Yogi govern- Zomato on October 23 said it has on October 6, “post which he ceased yber criminals are part of ber security centre revealed that over a rinder Singh became one of the recent
ment of “unsuccessful” in controlling zero tolerance for anyone break- to work on our platform of his own the ever growing new crime million cases of cyber frauds related to victims of the cyber crime. Ataul Ansari
the rising number of crimes in the state. ing the law and the guilty should be volition,” the spokesperson said. industry of the 21st Century, credit cards were reported from Sep- from Jharkhand’s Jamtara fraudulently
Cornering UP Police administration dealt with swiftly. “Zomato is a law-abiding and where smart and intelligent tember 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. withdraw over 23 lakhs from her ac-
she cited various murders in her tweets Zomato was trolled online responsible company. We have C criminals have discovered Similarly United States of America, count. He called up Preneet Kaur when
including that of a BJP leader in Saharan- after the anti-terrorism squad of pledged our complete support to innovative ways to cheat and fudge which is spending billions of dollars in she was attending the Parliament ses-
pur, Journalist in Kushinagar, Advocatein the Gujarat police arrested two the concerned authorities and will others. In past few years the world has fighting cyber crimes, have seen a huge sion and told her that he is manager in
Meerut, student leader in Basti, mother alleged killers, Ashfaq Hussain and readily assist them in the investiga- witnessed a surge in the crimes related surge in cyber attacks. In 2018, mil- State Bank of India (SBI) and he needs
and son in Mau and Kamlesh Tiwari in Moinuddin Pathan, from a loca- tion,” the spokesperson said. “We to cyber frauds. Every country in the lions of cases were reported across the her ATM PIN and OTP number immedi-
Lucknow. tion near the state’s border with have protocols in place for on- world has witnessed an increase in USA related to cyber crimes. People of ately as there is some issue in transfer-
The family of Kamlesh Tiwari was Rajasthan. boarding delivery partners which cyber crimes, these crimes varies from California, Florida, Texas, Michigan and ring her salary into her account. After
very upset when his body was directly Users questioned Zomato, include a thorough check for any small frauds to cyber attacks which af- New York were the worst hit by these getting the vital information, 23 lakh
sent to his native place Mehmoodabad which had a couple of months back past court records and even if there fect the whole country. According to the attacks as more than 700 million dol- was withdrawn from Preneet Kaur’s
in adjoining Sitapur district while family publicly shamed a bigot customer is a single red-flag, the concerned National Cyber Security Centre of Unit- lars were lost to these cyber criminals. account in three transactions. Sensing
and friends assembled at Lucknow resi- refusing delivery by a Muslim person does not make it to our fleet.” ed Kingdom (UK), Britain was targeted In India, in the month of August, foul play, she lodged a complaint with
dence. The family protested to cremate rider, for the role of its employee in Zomato said the safety and well with 658 major cyber attacks in past 2019, Punjab MP Preneet Kaur, wife of the Punjab Police and after a thor -
his body but the Commissioner Luc - the murder of Hindu Samaj Party being of its customers is and will one year. In their annual review, the cy- Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Ama- ough investigation and with the help
know Mukesh Meshram, DM Kaushalraj leader. They sought safety assur- continue to be of paramount impor-
Sharma and other official conceded their ance from the company. tance to the company. “Zomato has
nine point demands of the family includ- A Zomato spokesperson said zero-tolerance for anyone break-
ing adequate compensation, house, gov- Pathan had on-boarded onto ing law. We wish that the guilty are
ernmentjob to son and security to fam- Zomato platform on August 17, 2019, dealt with in accordance with law
ily of slain Hindu leader. Subsequently in Surat after “a background check” swiftly.”
family members including his mother
met CM Yogi Adityanath at his residence
amid tight security arrangements. Later who had allegedly announced 51 lakh age of money. They contacted friends
CM Yogi Adityanath sanctioned 15 lacs and 1.5 crores respectively in the year and relatives, who were under surveil-
compensation for the family.The state 2016 to behead him. Kiran named them lance. The police were able to track their
government also allotted a house to the in her FIR for hatching conspiracy to be location and catch them at the Gujarat-
family in Mehmoodabad (Sitapur). head Kamlesh on midday of 18th October Rajasthan border.
After meeting with the CM the family 2019 where as his mother Kusum Tiwari Earlier in the case, three accused
members were escortedto their native cited enmity with a local BJP leader Shiv Maulana Mohsin Shaikh, Faizan Member
place in amid tight security and even Kumar Gupta behind his elimination. and Rashid Pathan were also arrested in
media persons were not allowed to The mystery of high profile mur - a joint operation by Gujarat ATS and UP
interact with the family members in der was finally solved with the close Police and were taken to Uttar Pradesh
front of CM residence. But after reach- coordination of UP SIT and Gujarat ATS on transit remand. A court on October
ing Sitapur his mother complained that under the day and night supervision of 22) sent the three accused to four days
the police took them to CM unwillingly state DGP O.P. Singh who claimed close- judicial custody.Another accused in
because as per Hindu traditions during 13 monitoringand gave prompt leads to his the case, Sayyed Asim Ali was arrested
days mourning one should not leave his counterparts about the movements of by Maharashtra ATS from Nagpur on
home but officers forced them meeting culprits.Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad near October 21. All the accused persons
the chief minister. Shamlaji at the Gujarat-Rajasthan border would face UP SIT investigations after
There were different versions of arrested Ashfaq Hussain and Moinuddin the Court allows their transit remand for
Kamlesh’s wife and mother. The wife of Khurshid Pathan in Tiwari murder case. Lucknow.
deceased Kiran Tiwari named Moham- The two accused had run off to Nepal, but
mad Mufti Naeem and Anwarul Haq, they had to return to India due toshort- letters@tehelka.com

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