The Gurugram police have booked three people for allegedly duping a man of Rs10 lakh on the pretext of changing old currency notes with new denominations. A case of fraud and cheating has been registered at DlF Phase-2 police station against the three accused.
Puran Singh, a resident of Nathupur in Gurugram told police that Deepak, Vicky and their father Samay Singh run a general store near his house.
After demonitisation, he was facing money crunch. So he approached Deepak for exchanging old notes worth Rs5,000 and received Rs4,500 worth of new notes in return.
Deepak who took Rs500 as his commission assured Puran that he can change large amounts old currency money as well.
Meanwhile, Puran told his relative in Uttarakhand that he will change their old currency in Gurugram.
The relative handed all his old currency notes to the victim in the hope that it will be changed soon, police said.
On Wednesday, Puran gave Rs10 lakh to Deepak.
The accused told him he will change the amount within 4-5 days.
After this, when he went to the accused to ask him for new currency they beat him up and didn’t return his money. After the incident, the victim filed a police compliant against the trio.
“We have registered an FIR against the three people and are investigating the matter. We are questioning the accused. If we find anything doubtful, we will take necessary action against them” ASI Surender Kumar of DlF Phase-2 police station said.