90-year-old robbed of Rs 2.2 lakh by thieves who posed as jewel polishers

According to the police, two men came to the women’s house in Phulenagar at 11.30 am and introduced themselves as employees of a reputed company that cleans jewellery

Gold jewellery worth Rs 2,20,000 has been allegedly robbed by two unidentified persons from a 90-year-old citizen on Wednesday.

A case under Section 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against unknown persons at Yerwada police station. (HT/PHOTO)

According to the police, two men came to the women’s house in Phulenagar at 11.30 am and introduced themselves as employees of a reputed company that cleans jewellery. They took the woman’s gold bangles and mangalsutra to polish it. After polishing, they asked her to put the jewellery inside a pressure cooker and boil it. The men took off with the gold, evidently switching the real jewels with what went in the pressure cooker.

A case under Section 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against unknown persons at Yerwada police station.