Markets open in red on global cues
Mumbai, May 4: The key Indian equity indices opened on a negative note on Friday tracking weakness in the benchmark Asian markets.
At 9.40 a.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 10,642.50 points, down by 37.15 points or 0.35 per cent from the previous close of 10,679.65 points.
Similarly, the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 35,144.96 points, traded at 35,020.85 points (9.40 a.m.) - down 82.29 points or 0.23 percent -- from its previous session's close of 35,103.14 points.
The Sensex has so far touched a high of 35,206.55 and a low of 35,008.20 points.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
