Puttur: Cop society president, secretary arrested
Cheated customers after collecting deposits worth lakhs
Puttur, May 18: Town police have arrested Sharmahan Multi-purpose Cooperative Society president Girish Kumar and secretary Keshav on charges of cheating the customers worth lakhs after collecting deposits from them.
Based on a complaint lodged by Srisha Keshava of Yeyyadi in Mangaluru, the police have arrested the accused and investigating the issue. Srisha Keshav has deposited Rs 79 lakh from 2016 in the society. Of which, the term of the deposit was over for Rs 50 lakh. In spite of several requests for withdrawal, the society did not respond positively, he alleged.
The accused were produced before the court which handed them over to the judicial custody. This society is also functioning at Vittla and BC Road. Police sources said that the accused could be taken for police custody for interrogation.
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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.
