EC to arrange wheelchairs, magnifying glasses to help physically challenged voters
Mangaluru: The Election Commission would arrange for wheel chairs, magnifying glasses and vehicles for physically challenged persons to vote in the May 12 Assembly elections, M.R. Ravi, Chief Executive Officer of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat and chairman of SVEEP Committee of Dakshina Kannada, said here on Wednesday.
Addressing reporters, he said that these facilities would be provided to ensure that there is inclusive voting on polling day.
According to Ravi, the district has 10,911 physically challenged voters. Of them, 829 were visually impaired, 1,006 were deaf and the remaining had other physical deformities.
Polling would be conducted from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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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.
