Belagavi Arbaaz Murder Case: Netizens demand justice, #JusticeForArbaaz trending on Twitter India
24-year-old Arbaaz was killed by Ram Sena activists over inter-faith relationship, family alleges
Belgavi: Twitter users on Sunday demanded justice for slain 24-year-old youngster Arbaaz of Belagavi who was reportedly murdered brutally by activists of Ram Sena over an alleged inter-faith relationship with a Hindu girl.
The demand soon took pace on the micro-blogging site as hashtag #JusticeForArbaaz was trending with over 25K tweets at the time of posting of this report.
The users slammed the Right-Wing group and their mindset over the incident and compare them to the Taliban.
They further called out the sidelining and harassment of the minority communities in the country under the BJP rule led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Arbaaz was killed earlier last month by the activists of Ram Sena as alleged by his family in their police complaint. Arbaaz was reportedly having a love affair with a girl named Shweta. The family has named the father of Shweta as the main accused in their complaint along with one Maharaj, a local Ram Sena leader, and his aide.
The police have booked the trio after registering an FIR in the matter but no action has yet been taken into the matter and no arrests have so far been made in the case.
Users extensively tagged Karnataka DGP’s Twitter account in their tweets along with the account of SP of Belagavi district demanding immediate action in the case.
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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.
