Udupi: Oscar, Pramod, Sorake and others cast votes
Udupi: Former minister and Kapu constituency's Congress candidate Vinay Kumar Sorake cast his vote along with members of his family.
Vinay Kumar Sorake's wife Daksha V Sorake, his son Dwishant V Sorake, and daughter Dwiti Sorake cast their votes in Udupi Girls' Undergraduate College.
Former MLA and Indian National Congress candidate from the Karkala constituency Gopal Bhandari exercised his vote in Gandhinagar constituency in Hebri Chara village, along with his wife Prakashini Gopal Bhandari.
Udupi assembly constituency's Congress candidate Pramod Madhvaraj voted with his mother Manorama Madhwaraj at Shri Narayana Guru English Media School in Malpe.
Oscar Fernandes voted at Ajjarakadu Government School. His wife Blossom Fernandes accompanied him.
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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.
