Minister to inaugurate two new taluks in Dakshina Kannada on March 1

coastaldigest.com web desk
February 19, 2019

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Revenue Minister R.V. Deshpande will inaugurate Moodbidri and Kadaba taluks in Dakshina Kannada district on March 1, said district in-charge Minister U.T. Khader on Wednesday.

He told reporters that Mr. Deshpande would visit the two taluk headquarters on March 1 and announce some development programmes, including the starting of KSRTC bus services from Manila to Dharmasthala, Subrahmanya and Puttur.

Mr. Khader also said that he would begin on Wednesday a series of taluk-level meetings to review development programmes. The first review meeting would be in Sullia, where he would receive grievances at the inspection bungalow between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Wednesday. He would then chair a Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting. Subsequently, he would go to Puttur and hear grievances at the inspection bungalow at 2.30 p.m. This also would be followed by a KDP meeting, at 4 p.m.

A similar programme would be held on Thursday in Belthangady, followed by Bantwal. On Saturday, he would hold meetings at Moodbidri at 9 a.m., at Mulki at 11.30 a.m., and lastly at the council hall of Mangaluru City Corporation.

Mr. Khader said the new building of Government Lady Goschen Hospital and the renovated Ravindra Kalabhavan of University College would be inaugurated on February 26. Though Union Ministers have been invited for the programme at the hospital, there has not been any confirmation of their participation so far, he said.

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Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 34-year-old fruit and vegetable trader in Mangaluru has reportedly lost ₹33.1 lakh after falling victim to an online investment scam run through a fake mobile app.

Police said the scam began in September, when the victim received a link on Facebook. Clicking it connected him to a WhatsApp number, where an unidentified person introduced a high-return investment scheme and instructed him to download an app.

To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

A case has been registered at the CEN Crime Police Station.

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