Men posing as cops trick woman to give her gold jewellery in Powai

Two imposters tricked a 54-year-old woman of her gold bangles, posing as policemen, looking out for her as a number of thefts were taking place in the area on Wednesday morning. The woman fell prey to the con and was cheated of jewellery valued at 2.12 lakh. A case of cheating and impersonation has been recorded at Powai police station.

According to police, the woman, Rukhsana Shaikh, a resident of Ashok Nagar in Andheri (E), was on her way to buy groceries, when she was called out by two unknown motorcycle-borne men. One of the men approached her and introduced themselves as policemen. In her statement, Shaikh said that the men informed me that three to four cases of theft had occurred and it was unsafe for her to wear jewellery in public.

The men asked her to remove her bangles and put them in her plastic bag. Shaikh obliged, but the man then told her that since they have to keep an account of all the jewellery, he asked her to give the bangle and purse, checked it and put the purse back in the bag.

At the same time, another man approached and handed over his chain to the men, which was returned to him and the two imposters sped away on their motorcycle. Finding something amiss, Shaikh checked her purse, only to find the bangles missing after which she realised that the two imposters and the third man cheated her.

When Shaikh reiterated the incident to her son, he called the police control room, who sent a police team and asked her to lodge a complaint at Powai police station. Subsequently, a case was registered against the accused men. -