Boy hangs self
Mudigere, May 3: A 13-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself for silly reason at his home at Beejavalli village near the town on Thursday.
The boy Deepak is identified as the son of Mahesh and Ashwini of Beejavalli village. He was studying 9th standard in Udupi. He has come to Mudigere during summer vacation. On Thursday, his mother has been to Mudigere. Depressed over not taking him with her to the town, the boy hanged himself at home. Noticing the incident, neighbours tried to save him by cutting the rope and admitted him to a hospital. But he breathed his last in the hospital.
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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.
