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Three men pose as cops, rob woman of gold bangles worth Rs86k in Nigdi
One man was waiting on the footpath, the second one approached the victim and told her that one policeman was calling her and the third one was the policeman who told her that there were robbers in the area and that she needs to keep her valuables safe. One of them pocketed it and they fled from there, say police
PUNE Three unidentified men were booked for posing as policemen and robbing a woman of gold ornaments in the Nigdi area of Pimpri Chinchwad.
The incident happened on Tuesday around 10:45 near Pavle bridge.
A complaint in the matter was lodged by a 75-year-old woman who was walking in the area. The woman was robbed of three gold bangles worth ₹86,455.
“She is from Kerala and could not speak Hindi or English well. She was extremely disturbed. But she managed to describe to us that one man was waiting on the footpath, the second one approached her and told her that one policeman was calling her and the third one was the policeman who told her that there were robbers in the area and that she needs to keep her valuables safe. One of them pocketed it and they fled from there,” said police sub-inspector Vikas Shelke of Nigdi police station who is investigating the case.
The woman is a widower who was alone when the incident happened. The police got in touch with her family and provided transport home.
A case under Sections 171 (impersonating a public servant), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Nigdi police station against the three.
