A man tricked a jeweller in Hadaspur into believing that the sand he is selling will turn into gold upon heating. The jeweller eventually fell for the trick and purchased 4kg of sand for around Rs 50 lakh only to realise he has been duped.
According to a report in the Indian Express - A jeweller who runs a shop at Hadaspur filed a complaint with Hadaspur police claiming that he has been duped of around Rs 50 lakh.
The jeweller mentioned in his complaint that the accused came to his shop about a month ago to buy a ring and became friendly with him. With time he started getting close to jeweller's family members. He would often bring them dairy products also.
Police said, the accused gave jeweller 4kg of sand and convinced him that this is special sand from Bengal and it turns into gold upon burning. The jeweller eventually fell for it and bought the sand for Rs 30 lakh of cash and gold worth of Rs 20 lakh.
Later, when the jeweller realised that he has been cheated after trying to light the sand,he filed complaint with the Hadaspur Police.
The police have booked the accused under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
