Dak Sevaks call for Bharat bandh on June 4
Bengaluru, May 31: The Grameen Dak Sevaks Association has said that it has called for Bharat bandh on June 4 demanding implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations for the Grameen Dak Sevaks.
The indefinite dharna being conducted by the Dak Sevaks demanding the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendation in order to implement the Kamalesh Chandra report to remove the salary disparity has reached 11 day. Even then, the central government has kept silent over the issue, said association secretary KS Rudresh.
The protest would be continued in front of various other post offices in Bengaluru every day. Even after 18 months of submitting the report by the Kamalesh Chandra Commission, the central government is dilly dallying to implement it. In order to draw the attention of the central government, the Grameen Dak Sevaks have been staging protest in front of the post office since May 22, he said.
Total 2.85 lakh employees have been suffering from the pay disparity. Moreover, over 4000 employees have been to Raj Bhavan on May 28 and submitted a memorandum to the Governor besides submitting the memorandums to Union Ministers DV Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar. If the government failed to take action immediately, they would observe Bharat Bandh on June 4, he said.
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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.
