No advisors required for Home dept: CM
Bengaluru, May 31: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the Home department would not require any advisors as the police department has honest and efficient officers.
After holding a meeting with the police officers at Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, the CM said that the police officers would work efficiently and he has directed the higher ups to give free hand to subordinates to work efficiently. Police department officers and staff should work as a family to develop the credibility. It should not work on the basis of any caste, he said.
He would discuss with the Congress leaders on appointing advisors in some sensitive departments and take a decision, he said blasting at Kempaiah who was the Home Department advisor indirectly.
Clear picture on cabinet expansion and formation of the coordination committee of the JDS-Congress coalition would be finalized on June 1. Leaders of both the parties would have a joint press conference over this issue, he said.
Congress incharge in Karnataka would visit Bengaluru tomorrow. He and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda would discuss with him on finalizing the portfolios and coordination committee. In view of the coalition government between JDS and Congress, discussions and meetings are necessary. It is common that many people wanted to become ministers. But there is no confusion among Congress and JDS leadership. Decision on expansion of the cabinet would be taken tomorrow, 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.
