Three arrested for cheating couple with fake ‘gold block’
The Hindu
The Kinathukadavu police on Thursday arrested three men on charges of cheating a couple of ₹5 lakh, which they accepted in exchange of a block of brass metal that they believed to be gold a recently.I
The Kinathukadavu police on Thursday arrested three men on charges of cheating a couple of ₹5 lakh, which they accepted in exchange of a block of brass metal that they believed to be gold a recently.
In a statement, the police said that a man, claiming to be a daily wage labourer, contacted Sheik Alauddin, a lathe owner who is also involved in real estate, earlier in January that he had found a gold block weighing two kg while digging the earth that was worth ₹15 lakh and that he would sell it to him for a price of ₹10 lakh. Following this, Mr. Alauddin and his wife Neshila met the man and two others at Kinathukadavu bus terminus on the night of January 20 and handed over ₹5 lakh in exchange of the block assuring that they would pay the remaining amount later. The three men accepted the cash and left the spot, the police said.