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Mangalorean accused of duping people after promising visas

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December 1, 2012

Mangalore, December 1: A group of youth from Kerala has accused a person from Deralakatte village in Mangalore taluk, of duping them of thousands of rupees in the pretext of granting them visas for abroad.

 

Addressing media persons at a press meet, Sudhakar N S, father of one of the victims and a resident of Kollam alleged that a person by name Mohammed Shafi Shoukath of Deralakatte promised to provide visas for employment abroad but duped his son and others by not only not providing the visas but also by not returning the money they invested in.

 

Shoukath asked for Rs. 1,80,000 and took away Rs.45,000 in advance. He asked for an additional Rs. 10,500, which was also given to him. A notary document was also given by him with regard to the money given and had in possession important documents such as the SSLC marks card and other documents of the clients with him. However, after some time, he started avoiding them. When asked to atleast return the money taken by him, he threatened back.   Finally 27 people filed a complaint of duping against him at the Deralakatte police station, Mr. Sudhakar said.

 

The Deralakatte police have not taken apt action after the filing of the complaint and hence a complaint has also been made to the IGP and the Mangalore City Police Commissioner. It is suspected that Shoukath might have duped around 200 people in a similar manner, he said.

 

The victims who claimed that they came in contact with Shoukath through their friends, said that they only knew about the office address of Shoukath. The office is now closed, they said.

 

Victims including Adarsh Ravi of Ernakulam, Vinil V Kumar of Kottayam, Nishad P V of Mallapuram, and Sony Thomas of Cochin were present in the press meet.visa


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April 26,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Yet another covid-19 positive case has been reported from Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. 

Health and Family Welfare Department's latest bulletin revealed that a 47-year-old woman from Panemangaluru in Bantwal was tested positive for the coronavirus. 

With this the total number of covid-19 infected people in Dakshina Kannada rose to 19 out of which 7 are from Bantwal taluk. 

According to sources, this woman was working as a sweeper in a private hospital in the city where a coronavirus victim from Bantwal was being treated before she was shifted to covid-19 hospital.

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Mangaluru, Mar 23: The magisterial enquiry into the police firing during the anti-CAA protest on December 19 in Mangaluru, has been postponed following the lockdown of Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi DC G Jagadeesh announced on Monday.

The inquiry by Udupi DC G Jagadeesh was scheduled on Monday. Already, City Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha and others have deposed before the magistrate. The Deputy Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioner were supposed to appear before the magistrate.

Following the December 19 violence and the death of  Nausheen and Jaleel due to alleged police firing, the state government had commissioned two probes-- one magisterial and the other, a CID inquiry.

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