Mangalore: Man 'wins' lottery, pays 'tax', ends up poorer by Rs 2.4 lac


Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Jul 24: A person from the city, who gleefully trusted a caller who said he had won a huge prize money in a lottery scheme, ended up paying Rs 2,40,000 claimed as 'taxes', before finally realizing that he had been duped. He has since filed a police complaint.

Sangameshwara Poojary, a resident of Bijai Anegundi in the city reportedly received a call on July 17 from a lady who identified herself as Divyanjali Gupta representing a company named Shoppe IT Deals. She told him that he had won a sum of Rs 15 lac by way of lucky dip, and for claiming the prize money, he was required to pay tax amount of Rs 50,000 to the government. As advised, Poojary transferred this money through online transfer from his account.

On July 18, he received another call, claiming that a further payment of Rs 1,90,000 needs to be made to claim the prize money. Poojary, who again trusted the caller, passed another online transaction to pay this amount.

After another person, who identified himself as Yuvaraj, called Poojary on July 21, seeking payment of an additional amount of three lac rupees, Sangameshwara realized that he had been duped. He has filed a complaint in Urwa police station, explaining the circumstances under which the money belonging to him was siphoned off by cheats.

  

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  • Mrs. AF D'Souza, Kundapur/Mumbai.,

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Next time in such cases please ask the caller to deduct the taxes plus sms charges etc. and send balance money to the winner. o.k.

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    THE GUY WHO HAS NO MEANS IN LIFE !! ONLY GREED !!!

    BHAGAVAN BUDDHA RIGHTLY SAID

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  • alex dsouza, Bangalore/USA

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Many times these Lottery news came in news, I thought people become smart. but still some body around us. Sorry to tell this Poojary you are idiot and that lady who called u smart and catch one silly guy. There is nothing is free in this world. Sorry Poojary.Be be smart next time.

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman/Washington,DC.

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Bhandumaam,

    Karrat sorry Correct...."Beda...Namba beda...."

    ...JH...

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  • Dr Prakash Harischandra, Surathkal

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    LOL .. so true we loose our brains for a second!!!!

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  • iqbal, dammam

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    sorry for you dear Things are not always what they seem the first appearance deceives many the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden."

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  • Shekar Moily Padebettu, Udupi/India

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    It is surprising to note that even after hearing/reading so many scams,cheating,frauds,people have not learnt the lesson yet and fall easy prey/victims of such frauds.This is called greed.There are many such frauds/scams happening across the city/state/country and people please be beware of.This is like the people fall into the well in the night ,which they saw in the day."Dinadalli kanda baaviyalli,rathri bidda haage aayithu".Thili thilidhoo,moorkanaada haage aayithu.For God sake please don't fall into the trap of such scams.These are false/bogus and frauds.Apply your mind,before you act.Mr.Poojary is a real FOOL.His greed for money,driven him to this state.

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  • krishna, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Sangameshwar is Mr. Fool of the year?

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  • stan, dubai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Why he is alone fool of the year. Our Yogagur Ramdev told all Indians that if they elect BJP, they will bring black money from swiss bank which is equivalent to RS. 3 lack per person, people voted BJP. Now that promised money amount is reduced when elected. i.e. May be money will come or not but they fooled us all Indians.

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  • madhu, mangalore

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    I voted for BJP because congress was involved in biggest scams in history of India .For majority of hindus country is first not their religion .If they were voting based on their religion BJP should have won most of the election after independence.

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  • stan, dubai

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    I am not supporter of any party. Just tell me BJP ruled Karnataka only 5 or 10 years . Is there any scams???? Jayalalitha ruled Tamilnadu ..... there were no scams? Our leaders are united when they are trouble....if anybody is involved all will try to help each other. We all are fools.

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  • krishna , mumbai

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Now BJP itself singing that Swiss money cannot be brought back so easily.

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  • Af, mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    God only knows whether Mr.Poojary is innocent person or over smart.

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  • J N Lobo, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    He is over-greedy

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  • JR,

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    MR.POOJARY SHOULD HAVE REALISED FOR SECOND DEMAND OF 1.90LACS.
    HE MUST HAVE BOULD BY LADY'S VOICE.
    HE COULD HAVE PAID FOR THIRD DEMAND IF IT WAS SAME LADY'S VOICE.
    IT IS TOOOOOO LATE BUT NOT THREEE.

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  • D.P.SHETTY, Bahrain

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Believe it or not, I have send my cheque Rs.10,000/- to my relative my mail from overseas to my native place. It was stolen altered cheque into Rs.5,10,000/- changed the beneficiary name in cheque.my bank blindly paid to his bank a/c, with message saying big cheque come to a/c.for clearance. When altered my bank it was stopped & cheater had no time draw money from his a/c.Be careful now all type of thief are in India.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    @D.P.Shetty,Bharain,Just a question,on your cheque didn't you write the amount in words?that is also important.Nowadays there are all types of criminals washed out in all Waters of this world.Even a upright man may fall for a second to their trick.

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  • William Rodrigues, Milagres, Mangalorew

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Beware !!!! This kind of frauds has been happening for a long time now. Why people still believe in this. I really pity this guy.

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  • Joachim Lasrado, Omzoor/Bejai Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    ಸಂಗಮೇಶ್ವರ ಪೂಜಾರಿ " ರವರೆ, ಆತೀ ಆಸೆ ಗತಿ ಕೇಡು ಆಯಿತು. ಇದಕೆಲ್ಲ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪರಿಚಯದವರೇ ಕಾರಣರಾಗಿರ ಬಹುದು !!!. ದೇವರು ನಿಮಗೆ ಕರುಣೆ ತೋರಿಸಲಿ..

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Thu, Jul 24 2014



    chinnu, Bangalore

    Your idea is not bad !

    Mathu ondu heluthene, nanu hudugi alla. Bejara ill halla. (joking)

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  • chinnu, Bangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    what his wife, if he consulted his wife for what to do then sure his wife would say to pay and wait for another call..

    what do you think ms. Falvaion

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Thu, Jul 24 2014




    At least he should have consulted his wife before making on line transfer. A Modern educated fool. Nothing less.

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  • mpd,

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Yes, as they say...behind any successful man there is a women and in this case he didn't consult his better half I believe...!!

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  • Gibbs, Udupi

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Dear Flavian (as the name sounds so lovely & Beautiful), how do you know that Sangameshwar is married so that you are advising him to consult his wife. You too got carried away like others did with your (Beautiful) name

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  • Eric Coelho, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    The biggest fool on this earth. Media publishes so much on this issue and still we are blind to it. Good sense never prevails but greed truly prevails. I experienced the same situation through email and told them to contact me on my cell. They called me and said to pay the tax. I said you pay the tax from the winning amount and remit the balance amount to me by way of Demand Draft. I told them you have my email id, you have my cell number and if required I will give you my postal address wherein you can send me the winning amount after deducting the tax amount. They said unless you pay the tax you cannot get the winning amount. So I told him to pay the tax amount on my behalf and take the winning amount in my name and come personally to deliver the same to me and collect your tax. They tried all methods to take the tax amount from me and when they realised that they contacted the wrong person, they backed off. It was greed of this person that he lost the amount. Ha Ha. I repeat "Greed prevailed over Good Sense".

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  • lathu , puttur/bangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Yes, I do agree that this is joke of a year, height of greediness or whatever?.But How come a well educated person who has netbanking facility is getting cheated in this way?..feel sad for this poor guy

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  • RK, Katpady

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    ha ha ha joke of the year

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  • Ajith Dcosta, Halealve/Muscat

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    dear all please open this link and you will know however much you tell general public about fraudsters, greed does not stop

    http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=38210&n_tit=Mangalore%3A Online Fraudsters Attempt to Cheat Fr John Mendonca

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  • Kusuma Kumari Prashanth, Nellore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    In spite of many alerts by many banks and organisations many people still ge trapped in this kind of traps, Never give attention to mails calls giving prize money They aren't true.

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  • Lancy, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Even in the present age people are so stupid...this is all because they lack knowledge which is mainly due to not watching news on television, reading daily newspapers etc. which would give them a glimpse of what is going on around them.

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  • Rayan, udupi

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Day by day we find new bakras.IDIOTS

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  • Rudolf, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    While empathizing with this gentleman's loss, he must have lost his 'mental balance' for a while when he heard the amount of 15 lacs for free, and sheer greed took over sanity!!

    BTW, he could be HNI to transfer such a big amount online to an unknown entity!!!

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  • mpd,

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Gosh...! Though there are very few average people/below average people, otherwise in general conception Mangaloreans are mostly smart people...but this guy proved us WRONG!! At least people learn from this mistake?

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  • avani, mlore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    The duper made mistake. Had lady called 3rd time also, probably Mr. Poojary would have remitted 3 lakhs. When a man called he realized he was duped. Power of Woman!

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  • Ashok, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    People vote for idiots. This losing Rs 250k not a big deal.Indians believe in everything except themselves.

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  • I <3 Gyaan, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    wonderful, this is the real scenario

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  • Anwar, UAE

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Ayyo Paapa Poojary ...

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  • Anil Dsouza, Mulky

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    haal kaisa hai janab ka, kya kayal hai apka ..........
    Akal badi hai kya bhaisn

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  • DK, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    J.poojaridth kade aayatha maraya

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  • irine, bangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Don't you think watching only serials, reality shows & music channels instead news. Is it not true? I have seen people watching only these things and wasting time instead reading news papers etc.???

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  • Sean, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    I think you should understand the sarcasm in his comment.

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Very sad Mr. Sangameshwara Poojary you thought the gain is greater, but now the pain is more...

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Greed kills sooner or latter.

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  • Nithya, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Wishing you a happy journey in advance.....

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  • DK, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    hahaha what a foolishness..

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  • VITTAL SHETTY, ABUDHABI

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Please dont be the victim.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    POOJARY to be in the Guinness book of World Record....?

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  • yogesh, bombay

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Ati aasey gati kedu gottenanna...?
    Singaarada horey enu byaadanna...!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Why blame Sangameshwara Poojary. Entire India got fooled by one FEKU ...

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  • P.Lobo, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    WRONG!!!!! ONLY 31%

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    In spite of SCAM ALERT by banks,media and general Public,people falling prey for fraud is very very unfortunate. Managalore district being most educated and educational hub for non Managaloreans might have a doubt in saying 'MOST EDUCATED MANGALORI'

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  • Prabhu, Blore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    CONGRATULATIONS.....



    sympathies
    A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED

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  • Lavin Noronha, Paladka

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Sometime back I received a call from UK number saying I have won 500000 Pounds in a lottery and asked me for the Bank details to transfer the same. Then he asked me to send 5000 pounds as processing fees... I was on the seventh heaven. I took a gentle breath, and asked this gentle man to deduct 5000 pounds from my lottery amount and to transfer the rest into my account. Suddenly Line got disconnected. Lol.. For that brief moment I was dreaming of Hawaii and Disneyland… alas… Hhahahaha

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  • Alwyn, mlore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    simple... if you have not purchased a lottery ticket, how can you win it ???

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  • Ivan, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Very innocent idiot.May be not in this world

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  • Deepak, Paladka

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Recently i got a call on my Cell in Dubai that i won 2 million Dhiram. I took a deep breath, enjoyed the news for 1 minute. Then i decided to share 50% amount with the caller and offered him the same. I asked him to bring the cheque of money to a location. Now Almost one month i am waiting for his call and dreaming of a world tour.

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  • KA D'Silva, Dubai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Hi Deepak,
    in order them to send cheque, you first need to send them courier charges Dhs. 1,000 plus tax :)

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  • DK, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Again you waiting for his call... ? You are a big fool than him

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  • hakim, mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    In dubai there are fraudsters call subscribers from a local mobile number, congratulating them on winning a lottery. They are informed that their SIM cards, beginning with serial numbers, match the winning digits. The scam artists instruct the victims to call back, at which point they are told they cannot collect their prize until they receive a password, which can be accessed only after the customer buys large sums of recharge credit and surrenders the scratch-card digits. So don't be so happy. Dont be a victim.

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  • S.M. Nawaz Kukkikatte, Dubai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014


    Keep Calm do not Trust Online Lottery
    smart technology, smart robbery.

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    ===B'ALE THELIPPAALE===

    Hana kandare Hena baayi bidutthdhe.
    QUICK BUCKS AND LUST FOR MONEY.

    A Professional deceiver.
    A Professional Money Transferer Mongey/Monkey.

    Present day generation lacks to cope with means with ends.

    (Haasige Eiddhastu Kaalu Chaachu).

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Now Sir it has become:
    Begaa Baala Bicchu....
    Sikkidashtu Kacchu Haagu Dhochu
    (kaalu Chaachu and all gone long time back...)

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Dear R.Bhandarkar, M'lore,

    The Money transferer has done: VAATEN VETHELYA WAAGA MAKA EIVEN KA GA.

    Still i feel sad for him.

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  • KRPrabhu, Bangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    I too feel sad the third caller Yuvaraj for not being successful in getting three lakh rupees from Danasoora Sangameshwara Poolary.....

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  • Nancy, Belman

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    These days are like, left hand does not trust right hand, then how come this Poojary blindly trusted Lady?? May be he is Honest Man never duped others or too much greed!!!!!

    But there are Honest people in this world but not to trust any callers/mails saying you have won so many lacs/crores and pay tax.

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  • Ahmed, Mlore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Its not abt honesty...its abt Common sense that was missing.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Nancy Madam....
    When lady calls you know- non believers also believe, with left,
    right hand and everything !
    Is it not guys?

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  • PRABHU, Blore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Nancy Bai,
    There are thousands who preach Give and thousand fold will be given to you.
    Folded ! it comes in nothing. There are millions trapped in this scheme.
    No phone no mail only sweet words misquoted from scriptures.

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  • Jainul Akbar B, Kadeshwalya/Bangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    I am wondering how a person from Mangalore i.e. 'district of intelligent' duped several times?

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  • Ashok Thonse, Milagres / Kallianpur / Dubai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Dear Jainul,

    The intelligent people, they rarely do mistakes and if they do then it will be a blunder.

    Regards,
    Ashok Thonse

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Haven't intelligent Mangaloreans elected Bava and Lobo for Karnataka Assembly? Everyone does mistakes. But intelligent ones do not repeat.
    In Loksabha elections later on, Mangaloreans chose Nalin Kumar Kateel.

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  • Proud Indian, Kulshekar/Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    It is a common sense. If a person do not have common sense then God has given us Individual sense. Use it.

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  • STAN, DUBAI

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    'District of intelligent' AND they elected Sleeping MLA's?????

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  • Francis, Moodbidri / Dubai

    Thu, Jul 24 2014

    Jub Khuda akkal banta tha tum kider te Poojary?? lottery ka tax pay kar rahe the kya??

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