Fake Policemen Rob Turkmenistan Couple $7000 in Gurugram, Drive Away in Honda City
The couple had come to the city for their daughter’s treatment.
Gurugram, December 15: In a shocking incident, a Turkmenistan couple, arrived in Gurugram for their daughter’s treatment at a private hospital, lost $7,000 (around Rs 5.03 lakh) to two miscreants on Thursday. Those miscreants posed as cops and looted the couple’s money in the name of probing their visas and passports.
According to the incident, the foreigners – Shukur Shukuru and his wife – were looted while they were walking towards Medanta hospital around 4 pm on Thursday from the PG they were staying in. Soon the cons arrived in plain clothes – claiming to be police personnel – and asked a couple of their visas and passports. In the name of checking the travel credentials, they emptied their handbag which had $7,000 in cash. Conspirator Turns Approver in TN Neurosurgeon Murder Case.
As the cons walked away and got into their Honda City, parked few yards away, the couple realised that they had been robbed. They called the police immediately, but until that time the goons have fled. Police have registered a complaint under sections 379 (379 (theft) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC at Sadar Police station.
Investigating the case, police claimed that they have recovered the CCTV footage and are looking to the miscreants. They even claim that the group is active for the past few months and have similarly looted the foreigners.
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