A man was robbed of his savings for his daughter's marriage, which he sought to exchange with the new notes, by a man whom he thought to be a cop in East Delhi's Kalyanpuri area.
Police said the victim Chaman lal was carrying Rs 25,000, which he had saved for his daughter's marriage scheduled on November 12. He was carrying the wedding cards in his hand while he had 1,000-rupee notes in his pocket to exchange them for Rs 100 notes with a relative, said a senior police officer.
When he was walking on the Kondli Road around 9 pm, a biker who was talking on his mobile about "shooting people in an encounter" came from behind and asked him, "Why are you walking aloneIJ You must be having some cash and it's not a safe area". Assuming the biker to be a policeman, lal took out the bundle of notes , which the biker snatched and fled, they added.
A case has been registered and further investigation is underway. The incident happened near a school that didn't have CCTV cameras, police said.
In another incident, a staff nurse from lNJP Hospital was robbed of Rs 39,000 that she was carrying to deposit in a bank and other valuables in central Delhi's Kamla Market area.
The victim, Gurmeet Kaur, was on her way to the hospital for her duty around 7.40 am on November 12 when two bike-borne men came from behind and fled with her bag containing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes worth `39,000 that she was supposed to deposit, her mobile phone and some bank documents, police said. The incident happened in front of Zakir Husain Delhi College and since the bikers were wearing helmets, Kaur couldn't see their faces, they added.