Humiliating post on FB: Bhaskar Prasad arrested
Bengaluru: DJ Halli police arrested Bhaskar Prasad for allegedly humiliating senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu on social media accusing the journalist of giving a contract to murder.
Bhaskar Prasad wrote on Facebook that ‘Supari’ has been given to kill columnist Rohit Chakratirtha. In this regard, Dinesh Amin had filed a complaint with the police.
Following the complaint, Bhaskar Prasad has been arrested on Wednesday morning. Post-arrest, Bhaskar said that he was suffering from hypertension. Immediately an ambulance was called, and he was whisked off to Jayadeva hospital. Bhaskar’s health has now improved, and he has been produced to the court. The court has remanded him to the 14-day judicial custody.
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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.
