Senior citizen lured by charity, duped of gold worth Rs 75,000

Thane | Tuesday | 17th January, 2017

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"As soon as she did, the trio fled with the bag containing her gold ornaments. THANE: A 60-year-old woman was duped of her gold ornaments worth Rs 75,000 after a trio lured her with a charity story of a man giving away money as his wife had delivered a baby boy.The incident took place at Shastri Nagar on Sunday afternoon while the woman was on her way to buy vegetables. The trio has been booked for cheating," said the police officer. "The woman was intercepted by a 45-year-old man who asked her for an address and while in conversation with her, told her that a man was donating money to the poor as his wife had delivered a boy. The woman said she was interested and was introduced to two other men near a furniture shop in the area," said an officer from Vartak Nagar police station.The police added that the woman was asked to take off the jewellery she was wearing to look poor and put them in a bag..