Mumbai: A 25-year-old man has been arrested from Surat by North Region Cyber Police in connection with a Rs 21 lakh e-challan scam. Police said the accused received a portion of echanthe defrauded amount into his bank account. Investigators are looking for his associates.The complainant and his wife are based out of Malad. On Dec 1, during passbook updation at his local bank, the complainant discovered that Rs 11.33 lakh was debited from his bank account and Rs 10.39 lakh had been debited from his wife’s account, when these transactions had not been done by them. On inquiry, the bank manager pointed out that they could have been cheated in a cybercrime. The complainant then approached the police.It turned out that on Nov 17, he had received a text on his phone with an apk file named ‘RTO challan.’ He downloaded the file not realising that it was malicious. Through the malicious file, fraudsters gained access to the complainant and his wife’s bank account and transferred out their money. A police team supervised by joint commissioner Lakhmi Gautam, DCP Purushottam Karad and senior inspector Kiran Aher tracked down one of the benefeciaries of the defrauded amount to Surat. He was identified as Hardik Porda. He was produced before a local court in Mumbai and has been remanded in police custody till Jan 3.

India’s Sai Sudharsan plays a shot during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between India and South Africa, at ACA Stadium in Guwahati. (PTI Photo)(PTI11_26_2025_000125B)

Mumbai: India’s Test batter Sai Sudharshan has fractured his rib and is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), TOI has learnt. The left-hander, who has played six Tests and three ODIs for India, sustained the injury while diving to take a run during his 51-run knock for Tamil Nadu against Madhya Pradesh in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match on December 26.“Sai reported to the CoE on December 29 with a history of injury to the right side of the rib cage sustained while diving during a run between the wickets in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match on December 26. He had a prior incident involving the same region approximately a week earlier while batting in the nets, when he was struck by the ball. A follow-up CT scan revealed a slender, undisplaced fracture of the anterior cortex of the right seventh rib,” a source said.

Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Providing details of his recovery process, the source added, “At present, Sai is undertaking lower-body strength and conditioning work with appropriate protection to the injured rib to facilitate healing, and he has responded well to the programme. Upper-body training will be introduced once acute symptoms settle over the next 7–10 days, following which he will be gradually progressed into a structured upper-body strength and conditioning programme.”

With India set to play their next Test series only in Sri Lanka in August, Sudharshan’s immediate target will be to regain full fitness ahead of the IPL, which begins on March 26. He has forged a successful opening partnership for Gujarat Titans alongside skipper Shubman Gill.Meanwhile, allrounder Riyan Parag is also at the CoE, undergoing rehabilitation for a shoulder injury. The Assam captain is not taking part in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Baruipur: TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee introduces three people, claiming that they were reported dead in the SIR draft rolls, during a public rally ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

BARUIPUR: “I will make three ghosts walk,” said Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as he ushered in three people on stage – two men from Metiabruz in Kolkata and a woman from Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas – who he said had been marked dead during the SIR of Bengal’s voter rolls. Flagging off Trinamool’s campaign for the 2026 assembly election with a rally in Baruipur on Friday, Abhishek made it clear that SIR would be the front-and-centre of the party’s poll pitch. Abhishek said, “The day before yesterday, we visited the EC’s office in Delhi. I asked (chief election commissioner) Gyanesh Kumar to publish the list of Bangladeshis whose names have been deleted. He couldn’t do it. Instead, he raised his finger at me. I told him, you are nominated, we are elected. Who are you showing aggression to?” “They thought Trinamool would go on the backfoot if they showed slight aggression. But, we have shown what it is to be a Bengali. One day Abhishek Banerjee went (to meet the CEC), Mamata Banerjee will go, too. Who will save you then?” Abhishek added. Introducing the three people – Monirul Islam Molla, Harikrishna Giri and Maya Das – who were marked ‘dead’, Abhishek said there were many more such instances. “In this (South 24 Parganas) district, 24 people who are alive have been shown dead by EC,” he said. The TMC leader in Lok Sabha then went on to slam BJP, saying: “In the name of logical discrepancies, 1.3 crore people were sent notices to attend SIR hearings. BJP can send (legal) notices to me and Trinamool workers. But why are notices being sent to common people? In 2016, they (BJP) made people stand in line for demonetisation. Ten years later, they are making them stand in line for SIR.”