Two arrested for blackmailing after obtaining personal pics through fake Facebook account

coastaldigest.com web desk

October 4, 2018

Mangaluru, Oct 4: The Urva Police in Mangaluru have arrested two persons from Bengaluru on the charge of blackmailing a city based man and extorting money from him.

The police said that Aditya alias Ashwini (19), resident of Subedar Palya, Yeshwantpur, had impersonated as a woman and got in touch with the complainant through Facebook.

After luring the complainant and getting his photograph, the main accused began blackmailing him and took Rs. 65,000 in cash from him at Yeshwantpur.

When the accused continued to demand money, the complainant informed the police. The police also arrested his accomplice H.S. Arun, a resident of Basaveshwaranagar, Kanakapura town.

The operation was carried out by Urwa police under the guidance of Mangaluru police commissioner T R Suresh, ACP (Crime) Uma Prashanth and ACP Uday Nayak.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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