Tanveer Sait misses ministerial berth: Irate supporters protest, Fan attempts suicide
Mysuru: Supporters of former minister Tanveer Sait staged an outcry when he lost the ministership on Wednesday.
During the protest that was staged on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road, one of the protesters tried to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on himself. Police immediately intervened and rescued him.
Protesters set burning tires in the middle of the road when no one became the minister from Mysuru Congress.
One of the protesters said "Tanveer Sait has been elected for the fourth consecutive term. He is a senior Congressman in the district. He would have given a minister post. But intentionally he has been kept out of the cabinet. Earlier, he served as a minister without any stigma. In spite of that, he was not given ministerial berth. It is highly condemnable."
Many protesters including Naseer, Ayub Khan, Altaf, Mahesh, Rajesh, and Akbar participated in the protest.
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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.
