Instagram user comments will “bomb Ullal Masjid”; Speaker Khader orders action
Mangaluru: An Instagram user allegedly posted a threatening comment claiming that he would “blast Ullal Masjid.”
After the comment came to the notice of Speaker U T Khader, he directed the police to take stringent action against the miscreant.
In this connection, an FIR has been registered at Ullala Police Station, and the police are searching for the accused.
Speaker UT Khader, urging the City Police Commissioner to initiate action against the accused, stated, “People of all faiths live harmoniously in Ullal. The police department should exercise caution against such posts that disturb communal harmony in the region.”
The user, reportedly identified as “shankar11916,” posted a comment on the social networking site Instagram stating, “Support maadi bro Ullal Masjid hatra bomb blast madthini,” (Support me brother, I will blast bomb near Ullal Masjid) which later went viral.
Expressing gratitude for the information shared, City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy said, “It is a crime to post a message on social media claiming that a bomb will be exploded near the Ullal Masjid. The police of Ullala station have registered a case in this regard. We will arrest the accused soon.”
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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.
