Trio arrested for cheating jewellers

The cybercrime cops have succeeded in nabbing three youths who had been cheating jewellery shop owners within five days of the crime. The accused tricked a jeweller and purchased a 11gram gold chain on December 30. They told the owner that they would pay through digital payment app using another app. They tricked him by showing a fake screenshot of the payment and left with the gold valuable worth Rs 62000. Similarly, the trio has cheated other jewellers using mobile applications to the tune of Rs 125 lakh. Jewellery worth ₹75l stolen in Kodagu. An incident of theft was reported from a house near the main road of Hassan highway in Hebbale on Wednesday evening. A house owned by one Narayan was broken into and gold jewels worth Rs 75 lakh and Rs 13000 cash were stolen from a cupboard. It has been alleged in the complaint that Narayan had been to a shop in front of the house at 7 pm when the power was cut. This is when the theft occurred. Four teams have been formed to trace the accused.