‘IT raid is politically motivated’
IT sleuths raid on house, office of businessman
Mangaluru, May 2: Income Tax department sleuths conducted a raid on the house and offices belonging to a businessman here on Tuesday evening.
It is said that the IT officials have conducted the raid on the house of Vaishnavi Express Cargo Private Limited Managing Director Rajesh GP at Morgangate in the city on Tuesday evening from 5 to 8 pm and verified the documents.
Admitting the raid, Rajesh told Varthabharati that the IT officials have verified all the documents and searched for cash. But they could not find anything. The officials have done their duty and he has also cooperated, he added.
“I am a businessman. Leaders of all political parties and politicians visit my house. Apart from them, hundreds of people of surrounding places including Hindus, Muslims, Christians are closely associated with me. But unfortunately, a leader of a national political party has failed to digest it. I have suspected his hands behind this IT raid. But I would disclose who is that person and his background in a couple of days”, Rajesh said.
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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.
