The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Sunday busted a gang of fraudsters including a woman who used to dupe people by selling brass ornaments claiming it as gold. The accused were presented in a local court that sent them jail on judicial remand, police informed.
According to police the accused were identified as Tathu lal Solanki (45), Veeru Solanki (29) both native of Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh and Geeta Rathode (35) hailing from Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh. Describing the modus operandi of gang police informed that they used to reach any house carrying brass ornaments with golden polish. Then the gang members used to tell their target that the ornaments were unearthed from some place of their (gang members) ownership.
However since they did not carry proper papers they were compelled to sell it openly. The unsuspecting people would fall prey to their talks. The accused had sold brass ornaments for Rs 25,000 each to several people, police said.
The accused were rounded up from Agasen Chowk Samta Colony while they were trying to find buyers for their brass ornaments. Police claimed that the fraudsters have duped people in Dongargarh, Nagpur, Gujarat, Rajasthan and some other places.