Mangaluru businessman files complaint against Maharashtra businessman for duping him of Rs 75 lakh
Mangaluru: A businessman in the city selling agricultural produce has complained to the Mangalore (East) Police officers that he has been duped of Rs 75 lakh by a businessman from Solapur in Maharashtra, who allegedly debited the money from the bank account of the Mangaluru businessman.
Abdul Rahiman, a businessman in Mangaluru, has told the police came in touch with onion vendor Kundalik Jumbar Khandagale of the Siddeshwara Traders in Solapur, who owns business outlets in Mangaluru and Chennai, in January 2021. The two businessmen met on several occasions thereafter for trade of agricultural produces and became good friends.
Khandagale, with an intention of duping him, convinced Rahiman that he could gain by investing in the Siddeshwara Traders. He also got the money transferred from Rahiman's account to his own in phases, but refused to return the money to Rahiman later, the complainant has told the Mangaluru police.
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Man shoots woman dead, hangs self in UP’s Baghpat over unrequited love
Baghpat (UP) (PTI): A 20-year-old woman was shot dead by a man who later committed suicide in an apparent case of unrequited love in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat on Thursday, police said.
The incident took place in Mahavatpur Bawli village in the Badaut area, where the accused, Satnam, 22, allegedly shot the woman before hanging himself from a tree, they said.
Superintendent of Police, Suraj Kumar Rai, said preliminary findings suggest the incident was linked to unrequited love, adding that all aspects of the case are being probed.
According to police, the deceased woman, Guddan, daughter of Lakhmi Saini, worked as a tailor from her home.
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Satnam, a resident of the same village, had allegedly been in one-sided love with her for a long time and was pressuring her to marry him.
Police said that around 10.30 am, Guddan stepped out of her house to buy some items when Satnam, who was already waiting in a back lane, stopped her.
An argument ensued, following which he allegedly shot her in the head with a country-made pistol.
The woman collapsed on the spot with serious injuries.
The accused then went back to his house and committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, police said.
Upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot and took the injured woman to a community health centre, where doctors declared her dead.
A forensic team recovered the weapon used in the crime from the scene, they added.
Police have sent both bodies for post-mortem and initiated an investigation, they said.
