BJP leader supplies free petrol, case filed
Udupi: A case has been booked against the president of the Udupi unit of BJP on the charge of violation of model code of conduct after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election campaign meeting here on May 1.
According to the police, after Mr. Modi left on completing his speech at the MGM College grounds, free petrol was supplied to people with motorcycles and scooters at the Laksha Enterprises outlet at Gundibail. The entire sequence of distribution of petrol was recorded on video.
Based on a complaint, and a CD of the video provided by election flying squad officer Dayanand Bennur, the complainant, a case was registered against Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, the BJP leader, and the owner of the outlet after getting permission from court, the police said.
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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.
