Byndoor, June 26: A woman who had been to a shop on Sunday is missing and it is suspected that she might have swept away in the river beside her house. But even after three days, her body is not yet traced despite the search operation.

The missing woman is identified as Parvati (35) of Uddabettu Dasodi in Teggarse village in the taluk. She had gone to the shop on Sunday to bring some ration. When she did not turn up even after 10 am, her family members started searching her. While searching, her umbrella was found in a bush below 100 mts from a foot-bridge constructed across Sumanavati river near her house. Since the taluk has been receiving heavy rains for the last couple of days, it is suspected that she might have fallen accidentally from the footbridge and swept away in the flood.

Byndoor police who registered a case said that locals and fire brigade have been searching for the body since Sunday. But it was not found. As the rivers are flowing in full force, the body might have washed away into the sea. Her husband Buddivanta is working as a mason.

Rain-related losses

Due to heavy rains that has been lashing the district for the last few days, some houses were damaged, traffic movement was disrupted due to clogging of water in the incomplete highway work sites.

Artificial flooding was created at Basrur Murukai, Koteshwara underpass and other places in Kundapura taluk, causing inconvenience to vehicular movement. A wall of the house belonging to Narayana Achari in Nujadi village collapsed due to heavy rains and the loss was estimated at Rs 25,000. As a coconut tree fell on the house of Radhu Poojarthi of Udyavara village, the house was damaged causing a loss of Rs 50,000. The compound of the house belonging to Raghava of 80 Badagabettu village was collapsed due to heavy rains on Monday night incurring a loss of Rs 30,000. In the same way, Girija of Beejadi village in Kundapur taluk incurred a loss of Rs 75,000 due to gusty wind and heavy rains, Susheela has incurred a loss of Rs 35,000 and Babu Kharvi of Hosadu village incurred a loss of Rs 35,000 as their houses were damaged.

In Udupi taluk, Nemu Poojarthi of Kadekar village incurred a loss of Rs 60,000, Shivaram Poojary Rs 20,000, Narayana Poojary Rs 22,000, Sunil KN Rs 20,000, Kuthpadi Achyuta Anchan Rs  15,000, Neeladhara Suvarna Rs 20,000, Vittal Kotian Rs 6000, Sadashiva Bhandary Rs 10,000, Sadhu Karkera Rs 15000, Koraga Salian Rs 15,000 losses were estimated.

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Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.

Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.

Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.

“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.

One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.

Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.

Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.

“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.