Udupi: Woman loses Rs 3.55 lakh in online fraud
Udupi, July 1: A woman from Neelavar in Udupi district was duped of Rs 3.55 lakh by an online fraudster who sent a fake coupon in the name of a company saying she had won a prize of Rs 12 lakh for a purchase made online.
The woman, Pallavi (29), in her complaint to the Cyber, Economic and Narcotic (CEN) Crime police said she had made a purchase from NAAPTOL online company following which she received a 'scratch and win' coupon on April 25.
When she scratched the coupon, it was found that she has won Rs 12 lakh.
She contacted the number given in the coupon and the person who answered the call, identified himself as Ashwin Kumar and confirmed she had won the prize.
The woman was asked to send Rs 3,55,800 for expenses towards service charge, security deposit, GST and other expenses which she deposited in a given account number.
The woman realised that she had been cheated as she got no response from the other end weeks later and filed a complaint before the CEN crime police station at Udupi, police sources said.
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Kerala HC stays single judge order putting on hold release of 'The Kerala Story 2' film
Kochi (PTI): The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed for two weeks its single judge's interim order putting on hold for 15 days the release of 'The Kerala Story 2-Goes Beyond' film.
A bench of justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan passed the order on the appeal moved by the film's producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah late Thursday night, hours after the movie's release was stayed.
The bench had reserved order in the appeal on Thursday night.
The detailed order is awaited.
Shah in his appeal had claimed that the film does not harm or denigrate the state of Kerala or any religious community.
"The film only portrays a social evil," his lawyers had told the court.
Shah had also contended that if the film's release was put on hold, it would "financially finish" the producers as the movie is set to be screened in 1,500 theatres in India and over 300 abroad on February 27.
The single judge had stayed the release of the film on the ground that prima facie there was a manifest non-application of mind to the requirement of law by the censor board, CBFC.
The judge also said that "the possibility of communal disharmony or denigration of a community also being prima facie involved in the movie", its release without scrutiny by the higher authorities would be legally improper.
The court had further said that the content of the film's teaser has "a prima facie potential to distort public perception and disturb communal harmony".
