According
to the police, the 31-year-old complainant had come to Gurugram on
Thursday for his brother’s urological surgery at a hospital in Sector 51.
They had booked a room at a guest house near the hospital.
Two
days after two Nigerian nationals came to Gurugram city for a surgery at
a private hospital, three persons, including a woman, allegedly duped
them of $1,800 (about ₹1.28 lakh) near a guest house in Sector 52 on
Saturday.
The police said that the suspects
posed as police officers and insisted on checking the currency that the
two brothers were carrying.According to the police, the 31-year-old
complainant had come to Gurugram on Thursday for his brother’s urological
surgery at a hospital in Sector 51.
They
had booked a room at a guest house near the hospital.The incident took
place around 4.20pm on Saturday when the victims were returning to their
room after visiting the hospital.
The police
said that the complainant later realized that the suspects had allegedly
taken $1,800 from the total cash which he had given them for checking.
The complainant then registered a police complaint with the help of an
interpreter.Sub-inspector Mahesh Kumar with the Sector 53 police
station, said the suspects were not wearing police uniforms.
A
case was registered against the three persons under sections 379(theft)
and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code at Sector 53police station
on Monday.Similar incidents have been reported from the city in the
past,wherein accused have posed as police officers and stolen money
from foreign nationals, the police said, adding that most of these
cases have been reported from sectors 51, 38 and 43, Huda City Centre
and Sushant Lok.(Hindustan Times)
