A 70-year-old man was duped to the tune ofRs 10000 by miscreant in the name of counting the cash at Berasia on Thursday.
Police said that the victim Prabhlal Shah had gone to withdraw money from his bank account at Bank of India in Berasia where he was duped to the tune of a miscreant.
In his complaint victim stated that he withdrew Rs 15000 from his bank account where the miscreant helped in filing the withdrawal slip and later told that he knows the victim’s village and would drop him on his way to home.
The victim got assured and accepted the ride and on their way to village miscreant stopped the bike and told the victim that he had received call from bank and was informed that few notes are less in the cash provided by the bank official.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and started further investigation. Based on the details provided by the victim, police have started search for the absconding miscreant.
Meanwhile, Nishatpura police have nabbed an absconding accused having a reward of Rs 3000 and was wanted in several cases of attempt to murder; accused was arrested on Friday.
Acting on a tip off accused was nabbed and identified as Talib Ali (22) of Bhanpur. The nabbed miscreant was booked under sections 147, 148, 149, 353, 332 and 307 of the IPC. The nabbed accused was absconding for long and was wanted in several cases.