Bantwala: Sexual harassment allegation; Boy who opposes it assaulted
Bantwala, October 28: A team of miscreants assaulted a boy for opposing the sexual harassment against him at Kallaje near Kadeshivalaya in the taluk on Saturday. But it came to light very late.
The victim has been identified as 11-year-old son of Ibrahim of Kallaje. The injured boy was admitted to the government hospital. Bantwala police registered a case and investigating it.
About incident
When the boy had been to a shop, known persons Rajesh, Umesh and others tried to molest him. When he opposed it, he was beaten up, it was alleged in the complaint.
Bantwala Rural SI Prasanna visited the hospital and got the information. Based on the information, the police registered a case.
“A delegation of CFI visited the hospital and enquired the boy. Later, urged the police to book a case against the accused under POCSO Act”.
- Nabeel, CFI taluk president
“Because of the incident, she observes changes in his attitude. He is mentally and physically suffered. He is hesitating to speak”.
- Mother of the boy
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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.
