Woman dies after crane hits her while crossing NH-66 near Udupi
Kapu: A 45-year-old woman died after being hit by a crane while attempting to cross National Highway-66 near Hotel Lalith in Udyavara village on Thursday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Divya S. Raikar, wife of Sunil Ramachandra Raikar from Karwar.
According to reports, Divya was travelling in a car along with a driver and her daughter after leaving a hospital in Mangaluru. They had stopped near the hotel in Udyavara on the way.
She had gone towards the other side of the highway to purchase a bat for her son from a roadside vendor. While she was standing to cross the road, a crane travelling from Udupi towards Mangaluru reportedly hit her.
Due to the impact, she got trapped under the front wheel of the crane and sustained serious injuries. She was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Udupi, but is said to have died on the way.
A case has been registered at Kapu Police Station.
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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.
