Man cheated of ₹60k for bricks guised as Apple products; two arrested

PUNE: Two men were arrested for cheating a 38-year-old man in Pune by selling bricks guised as products they had bought and accepted ₹60,000 for it

PUNE: Two men were arrested for cheating a 38-year-old man in Pune by selling bricks guised as products they had bought and accepted ₹60,000 for it.

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The two arrested were identified as Allauddin Alimuddin Malik (45) and Mohammad Ikram Malik (42) both residents of different localities in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

The arrested men went to a pizza chain restaurant in Kharadi on October 15 and approached a man with an offer to sell him three Apple products - laptop, phone and watch.

The men told the complainant that they had managed to get the products at a subsidised rate at the auction by the customs department.

The men showed the products and cash memos for their auction bid to the complainant. The men quoted ₹60,000 for all three products which would cost over ₹2.5 lakh if bought at a legitimate store.

However, when the men handed over the bag, they exchanged it with the one that had bricks and a pouch with a glass instead of the laptop, phone, and watch.