Okkettur : Pillion rider killed in road accident
Bantwal, May 20: A pillion rider of a two wheeler was crushed to death under wheels of a bus at Okkettur on Vittla-Mangaluru road on Sunday. The deceased is identified as Mohammed Afrid (18), son of Kunhi Monu of Okketturu near Vittla. Afrid was working a jewellery shop at Vittla. The incident happened when Afrid was going towards Vittla on his friend’s bike in the morning.
When the motorbike they were travelling rammed to a jeep in the cross of Okkettur bridge, Afrid fell down on the road. At this moment, a private bus which came from Vittla ran over him killing him on the spot. However, the bike rider escaped unhurt. Vittla police who visited the spot registered a case.
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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.
