Hyderabad, May 14: In a plot right out of Bollywood, a trickster hoodwinked a car driver on Friday and fled away with Rs14 lakh jewellery.
According to Punjagutta police, a woman from Kondapur, Kanchana Latha had come to Punjagutta to buy gold ornaments for the marriage of one of her family members. Kanchana Latha, wife of Malleshwar Goud who is into the seeds business was accompanied by her sister and aunt.
“The trio came to Tribhuvandas Bhimji Zaveri Jewellers on Punjagutta main road around 2 p.m. Latha handed her bag to the car driver, Sharabaiah and went inside the jewellery shop to buy gold jewellery,” police said. The bag contained Rs 14 lakh worth jewellery.
“Sharabiah parked the car in front of the shop and was sitting inside, when a person in his early 30’s approached the driver and told him the vehicle’s front tyre had got deflated,” police said.
He got down from the car to check the tyre when the unidentified person opened the car’s door and took away the bag in the front seat.
The driver who went back after finding the car tyre was alright, found the bag missing and alerted Kanchana.
-Agencies