A 70-year-old woman was duped of her gold chain worth Rs 70000 at Peergate in the evening on Thursday; Koh-e-Fiza police have started investigation.
Police said that the victim Indra Jain was duped by two miscreants who approached her and told her that a woman has been targeted at Kotwali and she should keep her gold chain insider her purse and later the chain was not found in the purse.
The victim approached police and lodged complaint stating that she was near Peergate when two bike borne miscreants told her that gold chain was robbed from a woman at Kotwali and she should keep it safe. After which she took her gold chain and kept it in her purse and later when she checked the purse it was found missing.
The victim claimed that the gold chain was worth Rs 70000. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 420 and 34 of the IPC and started further investigation. The CCTV cameras would be checked to establish the identity of the miscreants.
Meanwhile, a 48-year-old woman was robbed of gold chain she was wearing at Arera colony under Habibganj police station area on Thursday.
The victim Neelam Dubey was near her house when she was targeted by bike borne miscreants who robbed her gold chain and escaped the spot.
The gold chain was worth Rs 15000 claimed the victim in her complaint. Habibganj police have registered case against unidentified miscreants and started investigation.