Couple duping jewellers, electronic goods dealers in Patiala lands in police net

Tribune News Service

Patiala, September 2

The police have arrested a couple for allegedly deceiving various shop owners. The couple used to order jewellery and electronic items on some pretext from various shops. After receiving goods at another address other than mentioned at the time of placing order the couple used to vanish.

Divulging details the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Patiala, Sandeep Garg, said, “The police have received some complaints from jewellers and shopkeepers selling electronic good. They complained that a couple used to order jewellery and electronic items to be given as gift for some personal occasion. They took delivery of goods at another location other than mentioned at the time of placing order.”

Modus operandi

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The couple used to order jewellery and electronic items on some pretext from various shops. After receiving goods at another address other than mentioned at the time of placing order the couple didn’t pay bill. Instead they used to switch off their mobile phone and vanish.

“After taking delivery the couple didn’t pay bill. Instead, they switched off their mobile phone,” the SSP added.

In order to locate the accused, a team headed by SP (Investigation) Mehtab Singh was formed to monitor the investigation, said the SSP. The team traced the con couple, who were identified as Sukha Singh and his wife Arshpreer Kaur, alias Priya, both residents of Chalhedi village falling under the Rajpura Sadar police station, the SSP added. They were defrauding shopkeepers, said the SSP. Both were arrested from Amritsar on August 30,” the SSP added.

“The police have recovered gold ornaments and a laptop from the couple. A case has been registered under Sections 419, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code against the accused at the Sabzi Mandi police station,” said the SSP.