5 Congress candidates led by Rai file objection, want results to be withheld
Doubts over EVM being misused
Mangaluru, May 15: Raising doubts over the reliability of EVMs, five Congress candidates led by Ramanatha Rai visited returning officer and filed an objection against the voting machines. Only one candidate out of eight candidates from the party emerged victorious in Dakshina Kannada in the state assembly elections.
Congress candidates Ramanatha Rai ( Bantwal), J R Lobo ( Mangaluru South), Mohiuddin Bava ( Mangaluru North), Shakunthala Shetty ( Puttur) and Vasanth Bangera ( Belthangady) who came to the counting center in Bondel on Tuesday afternoon filed an objection saying that " they have doubts that EVMs are misused and the results should be withheld".
Ramanatha Rai, Congress candidate from Bantwal constituency has stated in his complaint that " in many booths where he was supposed to get majority of votes, his opponent has got more votes. He has doubts that the voting machines ( EVM) are misused." Hence, he has requested that the results of his constituency should be withheld. He has also informed that he will file a detailed objection shortly.
The Congressmen were confident of winning 8 out of 8 seats. But, the results have overturned all calculations. Therefore, the Congress candidates, who are skeptical about EVMs have filed an objection. After the decision of the Election Commissioner, they will be deciding on their next move.
Attachments: Ramanatha Rai Letter to Election Commissioner
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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.
