A 30-year-old woman was cheated of gold ornaments to the tunes of `1 lakh at Kamla Nagar under Piplani police station area on Sunday.
According to the police, on Sunday, a youth in the age group of 20-25 years was asked by the victim Santosh Prajapati to polish old utensils and later offered her to polish gold and silver jewellery.
The victim who is a housewife after getting assured that by polishing the jewellery it would regain the luster and would shine brightly and when the process was completed the victim found that the jewellery was missing. later, the victim lodged a complaint with the Piplani police.
In the complaint, the victim claimed that the accused initially polished old utensils provided by her and later he offered that he could polish gold and silver jewelries as well.
He asked to provide a pressure cooker and water when the victim provided her with pressure cooker and water he asked her to provide turmeric powder. He closed the pressure cooker after putting jewelry, water and turmeric powder and told the victim to open it after 10 minutes and in the meantime the accused left the house. When the victim opened the pressure cooker she was shocked to find that the jewelry was missing.
The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Victim has claimed that the accused was in the age group of 20-25 years and told that he was aware of her neighbours and have polished their utensils.