Air India Express, IndiGo cancel several Mangaluru-Gulf flights
Mangaluru: Several international flights operating between Mangaluru and Gulf destinations have been cancelled, airport authorities said.
The Air India Express flight Mangaluru-Jeddah (IX 845) scheduled to depart at 5:20 am on March 9, and the return flight Jeddah-Mangaluru (IX 846) scheduled at 6:20 pm, have been cancelled.
Similarly, the Mangaluru-Dubai (IX 831) flight scheduled at 1:20 pm and the Dubai-Mangaluru (IX 832) flight scheduled at 10:10 pm on March 9 will not operate.
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Flights scheduled for March 10, including Mangaluru-Dubai (IX 813) at 8:15 pm and Dubai-Mangaluru (IX 814) at 4:55 am, have also been cancelled.
In addition, the Mangaluru-Dammam (IX 847) flight scheduled at 11:10 pm on March 9 and the Dammam-Mangaluru service scheduled at 9:25 am on March 10 have been cancelled.
The Mangaluru-Abu Dhabi (IX 815) flight scheduled at 11:20 pm on March 9 and the Abu Dhabi-Mangaluru (IX 816) flight scheduled at 8:15 am on March 10 have also been cancelled.
Meanwhile, flights operated by IndiGo, including Dubai-Mangaluru (6E 1437) scheduled at 5:20 am and Mangaluru-Dubai (6E 1438) scheduled at 9:15 pm on March 9, have also been cancelled.
The Bengaluru-Mangaluru IndiGo flight (6E 578) scheduled to depart at 7:35 pm on March 9 will not operate.
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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.
