Amritsar, May 15:A teenaged girl along with her lover today allegedly hoodwinked her parents by concocting a story that Rs six lakh given to her by them had been looted.
The young couple were arrested and sent to a juvenile home, police said.
The parents of the girl had given her Rs six lakh to hand over the money to her uncle living nearby, they said.
But the girl returned home within a few minutes and told her parents that the money had been looted by two youths riding a motor-cycle, police said.
On investigations, it was found there were several inconsistencies in the girl’s statement, they said.
The girl and her beloved, both aged 17, were arrested on charges of cooking up a robbery story.
The couple were in relationship for the past three years, police said.
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