Man from Bhatkal arrested for threatening to bomb mosque in Ullal
Mangaluru: Police have arrested a man for allegedly posting a bomb threat comment on social media, which later went viral.
The accused has been identified as Shankar Mastappa Moger (35), a resident of Devinagar in Bhatkal.
According to police, he had posted a comment from his Instagram account ‘shankar11916’ stating, “Support maadi bro ullal masjid hatra bomb blast madthini.” The post soon went viral on social media.
The comment was noticed by Santosh Doddamani, who was on social media monitoring duty. He lodged a complaint at Ullal police station.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case, arrested the accused and produced him before the court. Investigation is underway
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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.
