An unknown man was booked right here for allegedly fleecing a showroom proprietor with a pretend cost screenshot for the gold cash value ₹2 lakh he “bought” from his retailer, police mentioned on Friday.
The alleged fraud occurred on Could 11 on the complainant’s JMD Regent Arcade Mall showroom on MG Street.
In response to Anuradha, a resident of Bhim Garh Kheri, a person got here to her store and purchased just a few gold cash and supplied to make the cost on-line, and requested for the proprietor’s financial institution particulars.
“My husband Mukesh Kumar was in hospital then. I shared his checking account particulars, and the individual despatched me a screenshot on my WhatsApp saying the cost was profitable,” Anuradha mentioned in her criticism, based on Police.
She mentioned, when she later checked the account, she discovered no such cost had been credited.
“After I known as the person for cash, he requested me to come back to Mewat and later to Nehru Place in Delhi, however by no means paid the cash. Lastly, I moved to the police,” she mentioned.
Following her criticism, an FIR was registered in opposition to unknown individuals underneath sections of IPC at Sector 29 Police Station on Thursday and a manhunt was launched for the fraud, police mentioned.
