Udupi: Three fall ill after consuming wild mushrooms
Udupi: Three individuals, natives of Gadag, fell seriously ill after consuming wild mushrooms they had plucked from the roadside on Wednesday night in Thottam near Malpe.
The affected individuals have been identified as Annappa (45), Sujata (25), and Sujata's daughter, Sangeeta (7). The family, originally from Gadag, currently resides in Thottam, Udupi.
Annappa and Sujata, who work as daily wage laborers, consumed the mushrooms they found by the roadside. Later that night, they began to experience severe symptoms of poisoning. Social worker Eshwar Malpe and his team were alerted to the situation and quickly transported the affected individuals to a hospital in Udupi.
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Due to the medical intervention, all three survived. Annappa and Sujata are receiving treatment at the Ajjarakadu Government Hospital, while Sangeeta is being treated at the Udupi Government Hospital for Women and Children.
Eshwar Malpe has urged the public to exercise caution when foraging for wild mushrooms, as consuming poisonous varieties can be extremely dangerous.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
