DLD‰‰†‰KDLD‰‰†‰DLD‰‰†‰MDLD‰‰†‰C Variety is the Khallas! No more THE TIMES OF INDIA spice of Bebo’s Kaante in Ishaa Monday, July 14, 2003 Bollywood life Koppikar’s path Twins have different fathers Page 8 Page 6 They’re two of a kind, but DNA tests show the chil- singularly special. A Croa- dren have different fathe- tian woman who apparent- rs. ‘‘I was shocked when ly slept with two men at doctors told me that my the same time two sons had dif- has given birth ferent fathers,’’ to twins with says MB. Docto- two different fa- rs, on their part, thers. The 23- inform that the year-old student, incidence of twi- who has been ns being born to identified by her different fathers initials MB, gave is extremely ra- birth to non-ide- re. Rare, but the- ntical twins in re — as MB’s ca- Zagreb. se proves. OF INDIA MANOJ KESHARWANI NET CRIME: PRIME TIME Even as cyber-crime litigation takes its first step in India, con men on the Net are becoming increasingly more innovative in their modus operandi APARNA GUPTA sought damages to the tune of Rs 25 lakh on the Times News Network ground that C1 Pvt Ltd, after sharing the user ID and password of an e-tender product developed ■ Pranab Mitra, a former GM of Gujarat Ambu- by it and jointly bidding for an Andhra Pradesh ja Cement, was arrested by the Mumbai cyber-cr- government project, dumped the complainant. ime cell for blackmailing Vinay Nivane, an Abu ‘‘Threats issued via e-mail, the use of sexual- Dhabi-based Indian, after taking on four differe- ly-intimidating language, and extortion constit- nt personas, including that of a wronged wom- ute offences under the IT Act, 2000. But, unfort- an, in Internet chatrooms. The police report that unately,most cases go unnoticed as many are not he first posed as a troubled Rita Basu to Nivane even aware that there are laws to deal with cyber and then introduced another character in the na- crime,’’ says DCP (crime) Deependra Pathak. If rrative —Ruchira Sengupta, Rita’s friend. Niva- cyber-stalking was the initial manifestation of ne even flew down to Mumbai to meet his facele- the change in profile of the 21st century crimin- ss friends but was met by al, kidnapping, fraud and disappointment. Days lat- blackmail are new additi- er,an e-mail from Ruchira WORRISOME WEB ons to the resume. informed him of Rita’s Yes, the scene is serio- suicide and his alleged in- us. ‘‘That cyber crime is volvement in it. And Ruc- on the rise in India is pr- hira referred Nivane to a oved by the findings of a lawyer —again Mitra — recent study, Project India and ultimately succeeded Cracked, which reveals th- in pocketing Rs 9.6 milli- at, between February 2000 on. When Mitra became and December 2002, gov- Sudeshna to repeat the ernment and corporate con, Nivane suspected so- websites in the country mething was wrong and were hacked 780 times. filed a complaint with the But the unfortunate part cyber-crime cell, which tr- of cyber crime is that cas- aced Mitra through his es go unreported,’’ infor- SBI account. NEELABH ms cyber-law expert Pa- ■ Aneesh (20), from Path- van Duggal. anamthitta, Kerala, was Adds a senior police of- arrested on charges of se- REALITY BYTES ficial, ‘‘The grey areas in A BAND ON THE BOLLYWOOD-WAGON! Delhi Times comes face to face with Chin2, Sherrin, Sudhanshu, Siddharth and Karan as members of the Band Of nding via e-mail obscene the laws apart, we face dif- Boys strike an upbeat note ahead of their Bollywood debut with Kiss Kis Ko (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) pictures of known girls in The Indian Penal Code does not use the ficulties when a cyber cri- the area, fabricated by co- term ‘cyber crime’ at any point even after me is committed outside mputer-morphing, to var- its amendment by the IT Act, 2000. On the geographical jurisdic- ious e-mail addresses. The the contrary, it has a separate chapter XI tion of the country.For in- , availability of such pictu- titled ‘Offences’ in which various cyber stance, we received a com- OH BOY THIS BAND IS IN BOLLYWOOD! res was given wide public- plaint from a lady who ANUBHA SAWHNEY ‘‘Kiss Kis Ko is a fictitious romantic ple. In fact, all the songs in Kiss Kis Ko was just great, with the crowd there si- ity through a periodical crimes have been declared as penal was receiving obscene ca- Times News Network comedy in which we play ourselves,’’ have been written and composed by nging along with us.’’ edited and published by offences. These offences include: lls on her cellphone. Since reveals Karan, ‘‘The story revolves ar- us and we will perform them live By the way, does an entry into the his father, TS Balan. The ● Damage to computer source code the calls were made from oys will be boys! Not satisfied with ound the five of us and a girl who soon.’’ Besides, as Sherrin points out, movies mean an exit from music? ‘‘No police arrested Anees and ● Hacking South Africa, we faced dif- being India’s first boy band — the hoodwinks all of us.’’ But what makes ‘‘All of us have some sort of acting ex- way,’’ echo five voices in unison. ‘‘Our seized his computer. ficulties while handling B ● Band Of Boys — and the hit number the movie ‘‘interesting,’’ adds Sud- perience and it was relatively easy for movies will always complement our ■ Manish Kathuria was Publishing or transmitting online this case.’’ Adds cyber cri- Meri neend ud gayi hai, mera chain kho hanshu, is that ‘‘certain us to emote on screen.’’ music. We hope to go the Elvis way — arrested by the Delhi Poli- pornography me lawyer Vijay K Babb- gaya hai, five young men are out to incidents, including our HIGH FIVE Just back from Bali af- he made several movies during his ca- ce for impersonating Ritu ● Breach of a protected system ar, ‘‘Cyber laws should be make their mark in the movies with an struggle as a band, have ter shooting for the film, reer but is best remembered as a pop Kohli and illegally chatt- ● Publishing fraudulent digital-signature made more people-friend- on-screen performance in the forthco- been picked up from our real-life.’’ the boys have come back with plenty of star,’’explains Karan. Talking of stars, ing on the web while usi- ly.What is needed is more ming film Kiss Kis Ko. Yes, Bollywood Of course, the obvious question is: sweet memories. ‘‘While there, we got five new ones are all set to shine on the ng using her name. Kath- certificates awareness.’’ has come a-calling, and Sudhanshu Pa- why a movie? ‘‘Why not?’’ says Siddh- a chance to play at Planet Hollywood... Bollywood skyline. And knowing that uria used obscene langu- Incidentally, a senior ndey,Chin2 Bhosle, Karan Oberoi, Sid- arth, ‘‘As a band, we believe that our it was an awesome experience,’’ says they have a spring in their step and a age, and distributed Ritu’s residence telephone CBI official maintains that cyber crime can only dharth Haldipur, and Sherrin Verghe- music reaches out to a niche audi- Chin2, ‘‘As Shah Rukh Khan is a big hit song on their lips, they should strike number, while inviting people to chat with her increase in incidence in the future. ‘‘We have set se aka Cherokee, are all set to be on so- ence. But with a movie, we hope to in Indonesia, we kicked off our perfor- the right note at the box-office! on the phone. As a result, Ritu kept getting obsc- up a cyber crime investigation cell and a cyber ng in tinsel town. reach out to a broader section of peo- mance with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.It [email protected] ene calls from everywhere. After she reported research and development cell to assist our team the matter to the police, Kathuria was arrested of cyber experts.’’ under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code. It’s a world within a world where nameless, fa- Meanwhile, India has seen the beginning of celess entities deal in cryptic messages. Dot-cons cyber tort litigation. The first case filed for dam- might come uninvited with the pros of the Net, Love knows no borders ages by way of compensation under Indian cyb- but cyber crime has never presented as deadly a Look who’s talking! er law has been filed by M/s Antares Systems download as it does now.Simply put, with many SURESH NAIR life to protect her.’’ Swaraj enthralled. Ltd against C1 India Pvt Ltd and four others und- a slip between the law and the click, India is a soft Times News Network Bhatt says his film was inspi- On the other hand, Ashok India Inc has come up with jazzy jargon all its own er Sections 43 and 46 of the Information Techno- target for the hard truth. red by an actual incident and Pandit has no illusions of mov- Times News Network ce-sphere does keep tempers logy Act, 2000. M/s Antares Systems Ltd has [email protected] hat politicians can’t do begins in the North West Front- ies being able to change reality. from soaring. ‘‘Having cust- Wfor real, Bollywood hopes ier Province. While the film wi- ‘‘Everybody knows what is hap- icture this.