TN man drowns in quarry pit in Karnataka's Udupi
Udupi (Karnataka) (PTI): A man hailing from Tamil Nadu drowned in a water-filled stone quarry in this district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred at Yedthadi village near Brahmavar in Udupi district on Thursday, they said.
According to the police, the complainant, Thangavelu of Tamil Nadu, had stated that his nephew Arun had come to visit him and had accidentally fallen into the quarry void filled with water. The incident occurred at an abandoned quarry pit that had accumulated rainwater.
Following the incident, a case has been registered against the quarry operators, Basheer and Sharath Shetty, on charges of alleged negligence for failing to secure the premises and prevent access to the hazardous site, a senior police officer said.
Based on the complaint, the Brahmavar police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.
Brahmavar police are investigating, he added.
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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.
