The District police nabbed four persons on charges of cheating a woman for Rs2 lakh in the name of giving her an historical statue. The accused Shekhar Gupta (40), Anwar Ahmad (30), Firoz Khan (39) and Abdul Sattar (59) have been booked under Sections 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
According to police, Vimla Devi, a resident of Housing Board colony, is employed in a self-help group and where she was also introduced to Shekhar Gupta, the husband of another member of the group. The incident happened three months ago when Shekhar Gupta informed Vimla about a historical statue that was with Sattar, the maternal uncle of Shekhar’s friend Firoz in Balod. Shekhar also said that the market value of the statue is in crores but Sattar is ready to give the same in Rs2 lakh.