A 60-year-old woman was duped to the tune of Rs 30,000 at Nariyalkheda under Gautam Nagar police station area on Wednesday. According to the police two miscreants escaped with a gold chain of the victim Ishwari Nair in the afternoon on Wednesday. A complaint was lodged with Gautam Nagar police and in the complaint the victim stated that in the afternoon two youths arrived at her house and introduced themselves as salesman of Ujala Company and offered to provide demo by cleaning utensils which they were promoting.
The victim provided the miscreants with the utensils which the two cleaned properly and which assured the victim that the two are involved in the promotion and are aware of the qualities of the powder. After the utensils were cleaned the two offered the victim to clean ornaments of silver and gold which the victim agreed to provide as she was assured that the powder works and provided her gold chain which the miscreants put in the powder solution and as soon as the victim inside the house the two escaped with the gold chain and when the victim returned she was shocked to find the two missing.
The victim alerted the neighbours who tried to search for the two miscreants but failed to find them and later approached the police with the victim.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.