Habibganj police have booked a Gujarat based woman for duping a 29-year-old city based man in the name of facilitating job.
The victim Praveen Saxena was duped to the tune of Rs 15000 by Riya Shah of Surat in Gujarat.
In the month of August last year victim received a call from the accused regarding facilitating job and the accused told him that the consultancy deals in providing jobs of all types and every level. After getting assured victim agreed and later in the process, the woman contacted him and asked for money which would be required to facilitate the process.
He provided Rs 15000 in two parts as per instructions of the accused woman and after the payment was made by the victim she stopped communication. The victim failed to contact her and subsequently lodged a complaint with the police on Friday and a case was registered.
The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and started further investigation.
Meanwhile, Govindpura police have nabbed a 23-year-old miscreant and recovered a country made pistol and a live cartridge from his possession at Gautam Nagar on Friday.
Acting on a tip off a youth was nabbed from Gautam Nagar and recovered a country made pistol and a live cartridge. The accused was identified as Shivam Sharma. He came to the city from Indore to commit crime. The police have registered a case under section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.