Traditional boat fishermen stag massive protest
Udupi: Thousands of traditional boat fishermen staged a massive protest at DC office in Manipal condemning the non-supply of Kerosene.
As many as 5,000 fishermen participated in the protest which was staged under the aegis of Kundapur Taluk Traditional Fishermen Association.
Addressing the protestors, Naveenchandra, leader of Kundapur Taluk Traditional Fishermen Association, said that there were 4,514 country boats in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, and Uttara Kannada districts. Together these boats required 1,355 kilolitres (KL) of kerosene every month. But this had not been released for last three months - December, January, and February.
MLA Gopal Pujari, Shrinivas Poojari, Somashekhar Kharvi, Manju Bellad, Madan Kumar, Raghupati Bhat and others were present.
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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.
