On the pretext of polishing gold jewellery, an elderly couple was duped to the tune of over Rs 1 lakh by two miscreants at Shri Ram Colony under Misrod police station area, miscreants have been captured in the CCTV footage, said the police.
According to the police, the victim Madan Mohan Saxena and his wife were cheated by two miscreants who escaped with gold jewelry. The victims provided gold jewelry for polishing purposes but the miscreants duped the victim of the gold jewelry.
The victim lodged a complaint with the police and in his complaint he claimed that two miscreants approached and offered to polish utensils, they provided brass and copper utensils which the accused polished.
After polishing they asked for polishing of a gold chain which Madan was wearing and four gold bangles which his wife was wearing and as they were assured that the two would polish, a gold chain and four gold bangles were provided by the victims to the accused.
The two asked Madan's wife to bring turmeric powder and when she left, the accused escaped with the jewelry in front of Madan which he failed to stop. The victims later informed their children and a complaint was lodged with the police.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation. During the investigation police have spotted the two accused in CCTV footage and based on the footage search for the accused has been started.