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ram temple in Vizianagaram

Reconstruction to be completed

by January

ndhra Pradesh Endowments Minister Velampalli Srini-
vasa Rao announced that the reconstruction of the Ram
Atemple on the hillock at Ramateertham village here will be
completed by January 2022. The minister has visited and offered
prayers at the temple at the bottom of the hill on Wednesday morn-
ing. After offering prayers, Rao said, “The temple is being rebuilt
as per the advice of seers and scholars of Agama Sastra. We are
fulfilling all requirements and taking measures for the completion
of construction within the stipulated time. The temple is being re-
constructed at a cost of Rs 3 crores. It will be a stone construction.”
The minister further said that security at all temples has been
An artist makes a fiberglass Durga idol in Kolkata beefed up. CCTV cameras have been installed and ultramodern
on Wednesday. (ANI) technology is being used to ensure the safety of temples, he said.
Ramateertham made headlines in December 2020 when the idol

chinese racket of Lord Ram in the sanctum sanctorum of the 400-year-old temple
was vandalised. The State government had in January this year an-
Delhi Police busts nationwide nounced an allocation of Rs 3 crores for the reconstruction of the tem-
ple. The minister also released the design of the temple on Tuesday.

fraud syndicate Home kitchen

elhi Police’s Cyber Cell on Wednesday busted a syndicate Bloggers distributes free food
run by a group of Chinese nationals who were stealing data
Dand have cheated over 5 lakh Indians of over Rs 150 crores to executives
via fake investment apps, informed Anyesh Roy, Deputy Commis-
sioner of police of Cyber Crime Cell (CyPAD). n a joint initiative by various food bloggers and a home kitchen,
According to the police, 11 persons, including two Chartered a Hyderabad-based home kitchen named Sri Inti Bhojanam
Accountants were arrested in a crackdown on multiple financial I(meaning home food) has been, during the lockdown, distrib-
investments and assured high return Apps run by Chinese nation- uting free home-cooked food to food delivery executives working
als using Multilevel marketing (MLM) model for cheating. “Over during the lockdown in Hyderabad.
5,00,000 confirmed victims have been cheated of more than Rs 150 The idea flashed when a food blogger named Ravi Tej from Hy-
crores. Over Rs 11 crores has been frozen in banks by swift police derabad witnessed the problems being faced by the food delivery
action and Rs 97 Lakh cash has been recovered,” informed Roy. executives. He said to ANI that they are facing a lot of problems
feeding themselves during the lockdown times as they would work

roy stated that a large number of such apps have been from morning 6 AM till late nights. “These delivery executives
only eat before starting from their homes and after reaching their
circulated by the fraudsters and some of these fraud- homes at nights, after their duty is done for the day. In between,
ulent, malicious apps were also listed on google play due to the lockdown, they would not find any food to eat and even
though they find food at some restaurants from where they pick up
store. the order, it would be too costly for them,” Ravi Tej told ANI.
Ravi further said that there are many kitchens out there that
He said the names of several Chinese nationals have been re- try to feed the poor and needy people during the lockdown. “But
vealed so far. these food delivery executives who are risking their lives during a
“Investigation in respect of their whereabouts, specific roles serious COVID-19 pandemic and are making sure, that the food
and their large fraud network is underway. According to the cur- that has been ordered, is delivered on time during the lockdown
rent estimates, the total cheated amount is around Rs 150 Crores are unable to feed themselves”, he said.
and the total recovery so far in cash, bank accounts and payment Wanting to do something for them, is when he tied up with a
gateways is around Rs 12 Crores. More than 5 lakh people invested Home Kitchen here in Hyderabad to offer free food to these deliv-
their hard earned money in such apps,” stated Roy. ery executives.
The DCP stated that the main Chinese handlers behind this Speaking to ANI, Sri Krishna, the founder of Home Kitchen
massive scam used to randomly contact people over various ‘Sri Inti Bhojanam’ said that they have been able to offer free food
Apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram and hired the interested packets to around 60 to 80 food delivery executives on daily basis.
persons as partners for procuring bogus bank accounts, creat- “We serve them with home cooked food packets. The food con-
ing shell companies, circulating and promoting the Apps, and tains several dishes that are mostly made of rice.”
transferring money. Continued on next page... >>

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