The TT Nagar police have booked two fraudsters who duped a jeweler to the tune of Rs 15 lakh by posing as jewelry business; police have started searching for the fraudsters.
The fraudsters met the merchant at his shop to get some jewelery repaired. After this, they trapped him by introducing themselves as big traders of jewelry.
The fraudsters placed the first order by calling the victim at the Betwa apartment in TT Nagar. After this victim reached with the jewelry ordered and after collecting it they escaped.
Police are looking for the accused by registering the case. According to the police, Subroto Manjhi runs a jewelery shop in Chowk Bazaar. Subroto works in making gold and silver jewellery.
On January 5, a youth named Rajesh Kumar Sharma came along with his aide to get some broken jewelry repaired during which they told Subroto that they are also involved in gold wholesale. Both of them placed orders for some jewelery for the delivery. They asked the victim to meet at 2 pm on Saturday afternoon at flat no 45 of the Betwa Apartment located in T.T.Nagar.
He was asked to sit after this, Rajesh gave the jewelery to his aide and sent him downstairs and asked him to bring the money. After some time, Rajesh went downstairs saying that he would arrange for tea and when they failed to return, the victim enquired details and found that both had taken the house on rent only last month. After this, the complainant lodged a case in TT Nagar police station.
In police interrogation, the landlord said that both of them had rented the flat on December 21. Everything in the flat belongs to the landlord. The CCTV and Call Detail Record (CDR) are investigated. Subroto prepared jewelery weighing 277 grams worth Rs 15 lakh.