PUNE: Two men posing as policemen put a 72-year-old former state government employee and his wife (63) under the fear of getting robbed and duped them of jewellery worth Rs2.6 lakh by a sleight of hand technique near Sus Khind in Pashan around 11.30am on Saturday.
The couple are from Mumbai and were on a weekend trip to Sus Khind where they have a second home, officials from the Chatushrungi police said. They were taking a stroll when they came across the two men who introduced themselves as ‘policemen’ and told the couple to be careful about their jewellery as a senior citizen had been stabbed and robbed at some distance ahead.
Police said the wife then removed her gold necklace and rings and the elderly man too removed his gold chain, totally worth Rs2.60 lakh and kept it in a purse.
The two men, on the pretext of helping the couple, took the purse from the woman, and by sleight of hand, removed the jewellery before handing over the purse back to the couple.
The couple realized they had been duped only after returning home and they found the purse empty, police said.
