Posing as Cops Miscreants Loot Rs 2 Lakh from Trader in Cuttack

Cuttack: Posing as policemen, unidentified miscreants looted around Rs 2 lakh from a trader in Cuttack.

The victim identified as Pankaj Sahoo, is a small jewellery shop owner from Dhenakanal. He had come to Cuttack to buy gold and silver ornaments which he would have sold in his Dhenkanal shop later.

While he was walking near the Nayasark road in Cuttack, claiming themselves to be policemen, two miscreants asked Sahoo to show what he was carrying in his bag.

The miscreants were in police uniforms and also showed him fake identity cards. They were speaking in Odia and Hindi.

According to Sahoo, the duo took away Rs 2 lakh from him.

Later, he lodged a complaint with the Lalbag police station in connection with the incident.