I missed ticket due to some Congress leaders: Vijay Kumar Shetty
Mangaluru: I was supposed to get the Congress ticket to contest from Mangaluru North constituency, but due to some Congress leaders I missed it in the last movement. I have no problem with the party. I hold secrets of some Congress leaders. In coming days I will be revealing them,” said former MLA and Congress leader Vijay Kumar Shetty.
Addressing a press meet here, Shetty said, I was kept aside on the pretext of giving MLC position previously. Even this time, I have been promised of getting MLC position. Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Vishnunath have promised me that they will arrange a meeting with Rahul Gandhi and me on April 27. Only after that, I will actively participate in campaigning for the Congress candidate of Mangaluru North constituency’s.
Purushotham Chitrapur, Nagveni, Hussain Katipalla, Uttam Alva, Karunakar, Anita Raj, Reshma, Philomena and others were present.
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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.
