An imposter on Monday last managed to dupe a rustic woman, who is a mason’s wife, of her gold jewelleries.
The incident took place at Bhanaga village with a person identifying him as the BDO of Derabish told the wife of one Chitaranjan Jena that he would allot an IAY house worth Rs 90,000 if she provided him Rs 8,000 as bribe. But when the woman denied that she did not possess the sum of money, the imposter allegedly asked the woman to hand over her gold ornaments. lured on the words of the conman, the gullible lady gave away her jewelleries including two gold chains and three gold rings. Once the jewelleries came to his hand, the imposter fled.
However, when Chittaranjan returned from work, the couple could know that they had been swindled because an inquiry by Chitaranjan revealed that the Derabish BDO never approached them. Chittaranjan on Tuesday lodged an FIR at Kendrapara Sadar police station. The police have registered a case and started an inquiry. Nobody has been arrested so far, stated Marshaghai police station IIC Sarat Chandra Patra.