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Kolhapur: Two men were booked for stealing gold ornaments weighing 130g from a 73-year-old woman on the pretext of polishing them. The duo helped Pratibha to remove rings from her toes and polished them with the powder to prove their point. They pretended to put the jewellery inside the cooker and asked Pratibha to wait till the cooker cools down, after which she may remove the ornaments. She realised that she was cheated by the duo when she opened the cooker after they left,” he said.“”We have registered a case against unidentified persons under Section 420 (Cheating and dishonesty) of the IPC. After they earned Pratibha’s confidence, she handed them 130 gram of gold jewellery for polishing,” said a police officer with Hatkanangle police station.“The duo asked her to bring them a pressure cooker and mixed water and powder in it..