Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (VM)
Udupi, Jan 17: Robbers posing as police looted gold valuables worth Rs 3 lac weighing 8 sovereign from a woman near Indralli on Tuesday January 15.
The victim has been identified as Vijayalaxmi who has filed a complaint at the Udupi city police station.
On Tuesday around 3 pm Vijaylaxmi disembarked a bus near Indralli, while two people posing as police came towards her stating that a murder occured in the area. Hence they asked her to remove her valuables and put it in her bag for safety.
The thieves told the lady that they would help her to put the gold in her bag to which she agreed, a bike passing by heading from Manipal absconded with the robbers.
The incident of robbery came to light when she found the bag empty after the robbers left. The loot consisted of a chain and two bangles.