Two miscreants were nabbed by Khajuri police for duping a Bihar-based building contractor to the tune of `3.75 lakh by providing a fake gold brick at Bhauri. A case of fraud was registered on Tuesday. One of the accused persons is still missing.
According to the police, Randhir Kumar was duped by three labours, who used to work for him and later, sold him a fake gold brick in `3.75 lakh.
A complaint was lodged with the Khajuri police by the victim and in the complaint, the victim stated that the three persons contacted him for work and after two days, they told him that they have found gold brick and would sell it for `5 lakh. It was decided to pay the amount in two parts, the first part of `3.75 lakh was paid by the victim while the remaining `1.25 lakh would be paid later. After making the payment and accepting the gold brick, when the victim got the gold brick checked, it was found to be fake.
The three accused were identified as Mateen Khan, Javed Khan and Ashu Khan. Mateen and Javed have been arrested while Ashu is still absconding. Mateen and Javed are residents of Neelbad while Ashu is a resident of Sehore.
Based on the information after preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 420 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police said that the three have no criminal record in Khajuri police station and their criminal record in other police stations would be searched.