CM Kumaraswamy wants to check squandering of money
Bengaluru, June 3: In order to maintain financial discipline and security, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has decided to check squandering of money.
Kumaraswamy said that he has decided to cut the expenses in order to ease the burden on the state exchequer. He would cut the special flight benefit to all including himself. Special flight facility can be used in case of emergency only, he said.
It was also decided to not to give new cars to the ministers and chairpersons of boards and corporations to be appointed in future. The officials would not be given permission to purchase new cars. Apart from this, the CM also decided against renovating the Vidhana Soudha, offices and quarters of MLAs and ministers, it is said.
The CM has already decided to cut the strength of his security personnel and staff in his office. Already, Kumaraswamy has declined to use the government bungalow and the car.
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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.
