Vittla: 6 arrested over clashes, disturbing public order
Bantwal: Police on Sunday night arrested six persons in separate cases for disturbing public order and breaking out clashes in the limits of Vittla police station on Saturday night.
CCB police arrested two persons for spreading the fake news on WhatsApp and causing clashes between two communities on Saturday night.
The arrested accused are a resident of Pambettadi near Panja of Sulya taluk Dinesh alias Dayanand (31), son of Sadashiva Gowda, and Nitish, son of Lokesh and a resident of Kerle of Bantwal taluk.
The accused arrested for inciting communal violence and disturbing harmony by spreading false messages on social networking sites.
The Vittla police arrested four persons on Sunday night for the violence that took place on Saturday night in the Vittla police station limits.
The arrested are Mohammed Tamim (28), Abdul Rahman (35), Mohammed Zakaria (25) and Sulaiman (38). A case has been registered at Vittla police station and the investigation in on.
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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.
