Bride comes to polling booth to cast vote first time
Mangaluru, May 12: A bride, dressed up in marriage costume, became the cynosure of all eyes at a polling station in Bhandaribettu in Bantwala assembly constituency on Saturday as she exercised her vote for the first time.
Arpitha J Salian, daughter of Janardhan and Nagaveni couple of Bhandaribettu, is a software engineer in a private company in Bengaluru. Her marriage will be held in Delhi on May 29. On Saturday, her family has arranged a banquet at Modankapu Church hall on BC Road in the city. Dressed up with bridal costume, Arpitha, along with her family members, came to polling station directly from the banquet hall and exercised her vote for the first time.
Later Arpitha said “I am exercising vote for the first time. It is a new experience. Because of the education and job, I could not get opportunity to come home and cast my vote. I am very happy that I have got the chance to vote this time”, she added.
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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.
