Habibganj police has booked two unidentified miscreants for duping a 75-year-old woman to the tune of Rs 2.5 lakh at Arera Colony area on Saturday.
The police have registered a case after complaint was lodged by the victim in the night. Police said the victim, identified as Kusum Kapoor was duped by two miscreants at her house in Arera Colony when she was alone on Saturday.
The victim approached police and lodged complaint stating that incident took place in the morning on Saturday when she was alone at her house and two youths approached her and asked her that they could clean jewelry and are expert in the work. After the victim got assured she brought the jewellery after which they asked the victim to bring drinking water and the victim went to bring water keeping the jewellery in the room where the miscreants were sitting and when she returned with drinking water she was shocked to find that the two disappeared. The victim started to search for the accused in the area but failed to locate them. She informed the locals to help her but all in vain as the miscreants managed to escape with the jewelry.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation a case of fraud was registered against the unidentified miscreants. Police have started search of the miscreants whose description was provided by the victim. The victim claimed that the total jewelry which the accused escaped with was worth Rs 2.5 lakh.