Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 8: Two fraudsters decamped with 9 tolas gold from a house in Maheshpura area, falling under the jurisdiction of Bakshi Nagar police station.
As per police sources, two persons entered into a house at Maheshpura area of Bakshi Nagar owned by Dwarka Nath Sangra, son of Ram Lal Sangra.
The persons termed themselves as salesmen of a reputed company, which offers cleansing of gold ornaments.
To gain the confidence, the persons cleansed the ring of the owner of the house with some liquid. Later, he (house owner) offered them all the gold ornaments weighing around 9 tolas for cleansing.
The fraudsters put the gold ornaments in a utensil and sprayed some liquid like material in it. They asked Dwarka Nath to boil the ornaments and open it when the water cools down.
When the owner of the house opened the utensil, he found the gold ornaments missing and realized that he was befooled by the self-styled salesmen.
He reported the matter to concerned police station and after registering a case under FIR Number 126/15 under Section 420 and 34 RPC, police launched manhunt to nab the fraudsters.
However, no arrest was made till last reports were compiled.
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