Naxal suspect Rupesh Madikeri attends court
Accused urges the release of Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferrera, P. Varvara Rao
Madikeri: The suspect Naxal Rupesh, who was found at the Kodagu's Mundrotu a few years ago, was produced before a court in Madikeri on Monday.
Rupesh, who was arrested by the Andhra police on the charges of the Naxal activity, is now in the custody of the Kerala police and is in Thrissur Prison. About five years ago, he along with his five associates was found in the Mundrotu forest area of Kodagu. The court is hearing this case.
He was again produced to the court for further inquiry.
The police, who brought Rupesh from Kerala to Madikeri on Sunday, had kept him at the district prison. Naxal suppression force, Kerala police, and Kodagu police officers
While alighting from the police van near the court building, Rupesh raised slogans in the favor of Maoists.
"Struggle is not a crime. Strivers, including Sudha Bharadvaj, Arun Ferrera, Paravar Rao; must be released," he urged.
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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.
