Stones pelted at house of Madamakki Gram Panchayat president who left BJP and joined Congress
Kundapur: Miscreants on Monday night pelted stoned at the home of Madamakki Grama Panchayat's president Rajeev Kulal, who has recently left BJP and joined Congress after getting disappointed with the working style of Kundapur's BJP candidate Haladi Shrinivas Shetty.
The miscreants started throwing stones at Rajeev's home when he was returning from a shop by his scooty. Due to the stoning, a lamp installed at the gate has wholly been damaged. Besides, stones reached till the walls of his home.
According to police, a gang of five miscreants with weapons in their hands started abusing Rajeev and threatened to kill him while pelting stones.
Kundapur constituency's Congress candidate Rakesh Malli along with Urban Development officer Vikas Hegde, B Udayakumar Poojary, leaders Suresh Shetty RD, Uday Kumar Shetty Shedimane, Shankaranarayana, Police officials Raghavendra and K Prakash visited the spot.
A case has been registered at Amasebailu police station, and Rajeev's house has been provided with more police protection.
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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.
