Karnataka: Fishermen warned of gusty winds, rains for 3 days
Udupi: The Meteorological Department has forecasted gusty winds and rains along the Karnataka coastline for the next three days and has warned the fishermen not to venture into the sea.
Gusty winds with a speed of 35-45 km per hour and, occasionally, 55-65 km per hour is expected to hit the coastal area and all fishing boats are advised to stay away from the sea.
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Some areas in the state’s coastal zone will receive 64 mm to 115 mm rain during this period and a few other areas are expected to receive 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm rain, the weather report states.
Similar warnings have also been extended to the fishermen along the coast of Kerala, Lakshadweep and Southern Tamil Nadu.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
