Summary:
Their role in defrauding senior citizens was found while examination of the CCTV footages of the area. After cooking up such stories, they told the senior citizens to remove their valuables like jewellery and keep them safely in a bag or pocket. They told the victims that a crime had happened near-by and police is tracing the miscreants. After identifying a senior citizen, they stopped them at some isolated location, mostly in the early morning. They either offered help or sought assistance with banking to operations to target those with cash,” said police..