Three held for cheating people through hypnotism
New Delhi Dec 28 PTI Two men and a woman were arrested for allegedly cheating people through hypnotism police said on Tuesday The two men have been identified as Ganesh 36 a resident of Sultanpuri and Suresh 37 a resident of Uttam Nagar they said On December 6 a woman lodged a complaint with the police that when she was returning from a market two men and a woman approached her and asked the way towards Nizamuddin Railway Station a senior police officer said The three told the woman that they were in possession of cash of Rs 2-3 lakh and they feared that someone will snatch it They also showed her a polythene bag that they said was containing a bundle of cash wrapped in a newspaper the officer said They asked the woman to give her gold ornaments to them in exchange of cash he said On their request the complainant handed over her ornaments — mangalsutra and a pair of ear tops The three then left the spot after telling the woman to check the bundle of cash after reaching home the officer said On checking the bag the woman found that there were only newspapers She also said that during the whole conversation she was not able to make a judgment and followed the directions of the trio he said During investigation police got a tip-off and the accused woman who is 22 years old was nabbed on Saturday from Sonia Vihar On her instance raids were conducted and Ganesh and Suresh were apprehended Deputy Commissioner of Police northeast Sanjay Kumar Sain said The three have the knowledge of hypnotism and used to target women wearing gold ornaments police said The accused approached the targets claiming to have huge cash but no knowledge of how to spend it They hypnotised them and took the belongings in lieu of fake cash the police said One pair of gold ear tops one mangalsutra and a pair of earrings were recovered from their possession they said PTI NIT NIT AQS AQS
New Delhi Dec 28 PTI Two men and a woman were arrested for allegedly cheating people through hypnotism police said on Tuesday The two men have been identified as Ganesh 36 a resident of Sultanpuri and Suresh 37 a resident of Uttam Nagar they said On December 6 a woman lodged a complaint with the police that when she was returning from a market two men and a woman approached her and asked the way towards Nizamuddin Railway Station a senior police officer said The three told the woman that they were in possession of cash of Rs 2-3 lakh and they feared that someone will snatch it They also showed her a polythene bag that they said was containing a bundle of cash wrapped in a newspaper the officer said They asked the woman to give her gold ornaments to them in exchange of cash he said On their request the complainant handed over her ornaments — mangalsutra and a pair of ear tops The three then left the spot after telling the woman to check the bundle of cash after reaching home the officer said On checking the bag the woman found that there were only newspapers She also said that during the whole conversation she was not able to make a judgment and followed the directions of the trio he said During investigation police got a tip-off and the accused woman who is 22 years old was nabbed on Saturday from Sonia Vihar On her instance raids were conducted and Ganesh and Suresh were apprehended Deputy Commissioner of Police northeast Sanjay Kumar Sain said The three have the knowledge of hypnotism and used to target women wearing gold ornaments police said The accused approached the targets claiming to have huge cash but no knowledge of how to spend it They hypnotised them and took the belongings in lieu of fake cash the police said One pair of gold ear tops one mangalsutra and a pair of earrings were recovered from their possession they said PTI NIT NIT AQS AQS
