Jayanagar goes to Congress: Sowmya Reddy wins
Bengaluru: Congress candidate Soumya Reddy has won the Jayanagar assembly elections by defeating B N Prahlad of the BJP.
Soumya Reddy won by 3,775 votes against BJP’s Prahlad Babu.
The assembly elections were held across the state on May 12, but poll in Jayanagar was countermanded following the death of BJP candidate B N Vijayakumar, who was holding the seat.
Fifty-five per cent polling was recorded in the Jayanagar Assembly constituency on June 11.
Reddy leads by 10,256 votes after Round 8
Sowmya Reddy is leading BJP's BN Prahlad by 15,000 votes after round 9 of counting.
Reddy 40, 677 and BJP’s Prahlad Babu obtained 25, 779 votes in round 10.
Reddy 43, 476 and BJP’s Prahlad Babu obtained 30, 695 votes in round 11.
Reddy 45, 975 and BJP’s Prahlad Babu obtained 35, 919 votes in round 12.
Reddy 48, 456 and BJP’s Prahlad Babu obtained 39, 919 votes in round 13.
Reddy 51, 192 and BJP’s Prahlad Babu obtained 44, 292 votes in round 13.
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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.
