PUNE: Lured by the thought of buying gold at a cheap rate cost a Shirur-based farmer dearly. A newly appointed driver of the farmer’s earth mover, who had called him to Jambhe village in Mulshi taluka to finalise a gold purchase deal, fled with the bag containing Rs7 lakh on March 17. The 25-year-old farmer on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Hinjewadi police.
Balkrishna Sawant, senior inspector of the Hinjewadi police, told TOI that the complainant from Shirur also owned an earth mover. “On March 13, he appointed a man from Parbhani district as an extra driver on the recommendation of his regular driver,” Sawant said.
