A con woman, who posed as the daughter-in-law of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and tried to dupe a lajpat Nagar based jeweller has been arrested.
The woman identified as Shikha Soni is a resident of Rohini and has been arrested on earlier occasions too by East district police for doing the same. She has been booked on the charges of impersonation, fraud and cheating and trying to present a forged document as the genuine one.
A senior police official of the South east district police official said that the owners of Jindal Diamonds at lajpat Nagar-2 that they were approached by a woman who had claimed that she was Mona Dikshit, the wife of East Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit. She wanted a set of diamond studded bangles to be delivered at her home. She had reportedly said that her younger sister will approach them and make the payment by cheque and collect the bangles. The jeweller somehow got suspicious and contacted Dikshit who reportedly told him that they never placed any order for such jewellery.
Alarmed over the developments, the jeweller then informed the lajpat Nagar police station and a trap was laid and the woman was arrested the moment she arrived at jeweller’s shop to take the delivery.
She was immediately taken into the custody by the woman police staff at around 4 pm on Tuesday and was brought to the police station for questioning. She revealed that her real name was Shikha Soni and she was married to one Omkar Bhatia of Rohini in Outer Delhi. Her questioning also revealed that she was a habitual offender and was involved in a case of cheating on earlier occasion too. She was arrested by the staff Anand Vihar police station few years back on the similar charges.
A case has been registered at lajpat Nagar police station under Sections 419, 420 and 468/471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police said.