A 60-year-old woman was duped to the tune of Rs 45,000 by luring him of Rs 8 lakh at TT Nagar in the day on Tuesday; TT Nagar police started investigation.
Police said that the victim Laxmi Batham was duped by two accused who lured her of Rs 8 lakh cash which they could not carry to the college.
After the victim found that she was cheated a complaint was lodged with the TT Nagar police stating that she runs a fruit stall and in the afternoon on Tuesday two youths came near her stall and were talking about carrying Rs 8 lakh to the college and she offered to keep the money with her as she was in need of the money badly.
The two agreed and after which she provided Rs 5000 still the two demanded money and victim provided her gold chain. The two left the spot and when the victim checked the packet only a currency note of denomination of Rs 50 was their while rest was paper.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and started search for the accused.
Police said that CCTV footage of the cameras would be investigated in the investigation. Victim claimed that the loss in the burglary is Rs 45000.
The accused cheated victim by posing as student and one of them said that he wanted to go Hoshangabad while another said that he wanted to go to the college.