Mangaluru : Prohibitory order till May 22
Mangaluru, May 20: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that prohibitory order under Section 144 would remain in the district till May 22 at 10 am.
Following the BJP’s floor test, the prohibitory order was imposed in the district since Saturday to ensure law order situation. Amidst the prohibitory order, untoward incidents happened in Vittla in Bantwal taluk. In view of this, the District Magistrate has decided to continue the prohibitory order till May 22. Moreover, the prohibitory order would remain in force in the limits of Mangaluru Police Commissionerate, the DC 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.
