A woman was duped to the tune of Rs 70000 by miscreants in the name of polishing gold jewelry at Rachna Nagar; accused have been spotted in CCTV footage claimed by police.
In Rachna Nagar, two miscreants escaped with the jewelery of an old woman on the pretext of cleaning. The woman was sitting outside the house, when a miscreant came and asked to give a demo of cleaning copper utensils.
The woman gave a copper bowl which they cleaned. After this, the woman was asked to clean the gold bracelet in her hand. The woman agreed during this, the young man applied chemicals, due to which the woman's bracelet came off immediately. After this, the miscreant escaped on bike. The police have registered the case.
According to the information, Kusumalata Gupta (73) was sitting alone outside the house at around 10. 30 on Saturday. The rest of the family members were inside the house and at the same time a youth came with a bag. Talked about selling a pouch to clean copper utensils which she refused. The youth offered to give a demo without money. The woman gave a copper bowl which the young man cleaned and gave back.
After this he started saying that even gold ornaments could be cleaned. The victim said they were not her. The accused offered to clean the bracelet she was wearing. The woman refused by saying that she would not take off the bracelet.
The accused said that he would clean while wearing it and using chemical he removed the bracelets and escaped the spot.