New Delhi: A 41-year-old man has been arrested for duping 300 people of Rs6 crore by persuading them to invest in Ponzi schemes of a marketing company on the pretext of doubling their money in six months, police said. Sukhdev was arrested on Saturday near Dwarka Sector 14 in west Delhi where he had gone to meet someone. “Sukhdev, Narender Satoha and his wife Anita Satoha had raised a company in 2008 in the name of Almandine Marketing Pvt Ltd with an office in Dwarka North. “The company created a Ponzi scheme with the promise to double the amount within six months. More than 300 people invested over Rs6 crore in the company and the owners fled after collecting the amount,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ravindra Yadav. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment plan promising high rates of return.
2 warships moved away from Kolkata
NEW DELHI: The navy withdrew two warships from the eastern port of Kolkata yesterday after intelligence agencies warned of an attack on the port and the city, police and navy officers said. Two naval warships, INS Khukri and INS Sumitra, that had docked in Kolkata on Monday were ordered back into sea for “operational reasons”, navy spokesman Captain D K Sharma said. The ships were meant to be in port until Friday for public viewing as part of ceremonies in the run-up to Navy Day next month, he said.
16.4 million use Net in Mumbai
Mumbai: Mumbai has the highest number of Internet users with 16.4 million in India, a study said. Mumbai is followed by Delhi with 12.15 million users and Kolkata with 6.27 million users. Bengaluru with 5.99 million Internet users and Chennai with 5.58 million Internet users are fourth and fifth respectively, the joint study by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and IMRB said. India has around 243 million Internet users.
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