PUNE: The Hinjewadi police on Thursday arrested three women and booked their three male accomplices on the charge of duping a family of farmers from Susgaon of Rs49 lakh on the pretext of giving good returns on their investment in the capital market.
Assistant inspector Ajitkumar Khatal of the Hinjewadi police said, “The gang also lured the three brothers from the family to invest in “rice-puller” (testing device), which they said could be sold to a US-based authority for crores. The gang forced the trio to sell their 9 acres of land for Rs35 lakh, which the brothers had purchased for Rs1.5 crore.”
