EC keeps vigil on social media campaign: DC
Mangaluru, May 9: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that as social media is also being considered as electronic media, the Election Commission is keeping a strict vigil on the election campaigns in social media.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said that there is no provision in social media about campaigning in favour of any candidate or party. So, the Election Commission would watch the election-related posts in social media and record them. If there are any serious issues of violating election code of conduct, police would take action. So, before posting any such posts, people should take care, he said.
Voter slip is not mandatory
Already, 80 percent voters slips were distributed in the district. But in some places, voters were not given the slips. But such persons could get the slips from the respective BLOs at polling booths on voting day. But voters slip is not mandatory for voting. Instead, those who have their names in the voters list should produce either voter ID or any one of the 12 documents to cast their votes, the DC said.
To help the voters, the details regarding the polling booth, candidates and other information would be displayed in front of the polling booth. Total 517 sensitive polling booths were indentified in the district. Of which, 97 polling booths were installed web cameras and micro-observers were appointed for 221 polling booths, he said.
ADC Vaishaly was present at the press meet.
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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.
