PRIEST, TWO AIDES DUPE WORKER OF ₹18L; SEARCH ON

MUMBAI: Three people, including a priest, were booked for duping an 18-year-old worker of a diamond jewellery manufacturing firm of around ₹18 lakh.

According to the Pydhonie police, the complainant is a Mulund resident who owns a firm at Abdul Rehman Street in South Mumbai.

On Thursday, the complainant sent one of his employees, Krishna Mayati, with a bag carrying diamond ornaments worth ₹17.85 lakh to a Pydhonie unit for laser soldering .

When Mayati was on his way, at YM Road a priest in his early 50s approached him and said that he wanted to perform a puja and sought ₹5 to buy flowers. Mayati refused.

A second person convinced Mayati to fetch flowers for the priest. There, a third person in his early 40s joined them. One of the three took Mayati’s bag from his hand and asked him to take five small rounds on the road. While Mayati was busy making rounds, the three fled.

The Pydhonie police registered a cheating case and are looking for the three accused. Police are checking the CCTV footage installed in the area.