An elderly woman was duped of ornaments to the tune of `2 lakh by some unidentified youths in the name of police checking in Tagore Nagar area on Sunday. According to the Station House Officer Tikarapara, the 70-year-old victim was returning from Jain temple in Tagore Nagar when two unidentified youths met her. They informed the woman that some loot incident had happened ahead and police was frisking passers-by.
The duo advised woman to take out ornaments she was wearing and keep it safely in bag. While she was taking out her ornaments, youths in the name of helping her took the ornaments and wrapped them in a white color paper and handed over it to the victim.
later on when she reached home she was shocked to find original ornaments missing and brass ornaments in paper, the SHO said. A case in this connection was registered with Tikarapara police station under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and police has begun investigations.