Trickster in the guise of devotee dupes woman of gold chain in Uppinangady
Uppinangady: The wife of a temple priest here was duped of her three-and-a-half pawn gold mangalsutra by a man claiming to open a jewellery store and asking the lady to bless him with her wedding chain.
The incident took place a couple of days ago on the way to the Hanuman Temple on Car Street, Uppinangady, where the priest lived, it is learned.
A Hindi-speaking man had approached the priest’s wife outside the house, requesting her to bless his offering of Rs 300, with three notes of Rs 100, with her mangalsutra. He also claimed that he could not visit the temple personally since there had been a disaster in his family recently. When the lady asked why she was being asked to bless the offering, the man further said that he would be opening a gold jewellery store in his native place and had been told to be blessed by a noble woman and place the offering at his new shop, said sources.
The priest’s wife now agreed to cooperate with the man and touched her wedding chain to the notes she was given. The man, however, insisted that she take off her mangalsutra and bless the notes, instead of blessing while wearing the chain. The lady did so.
As the priest’s wife handed the blessed notes back to the man, the latter, in what could be called a split second, had run away with the notes, the sources added.
It was only a moment later that the lady realized that the man had cheated her and taken her gold chain too with him, and created a holler.
A complaint has been filed with the police. SI Rajesh KV, said, “We are confident of getting the trickster, with the investigating team using the CCTV camera footage of what had occurred.”
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Teen dies in car stunt accident in Kerala, driver held
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): A man was arrested on Monday after a 14-year-old boy was killed when a car overturned during a stunt-driving incident at Chamakala Rajiv Road beach in Chentrappinni here, police said.
The arrested accused was identified as Shajeer alias Saddam (36), a native of Kurikkuzhi in Kaipamangalam.
According to police, the incident occurred around 6 pm on Sunday when the accused allegedly performed dangerous drifting manoeuvres with an open-top Gypsy vehicle at the beach, without following any safety norms.
The accused picked up three minors — Mohammed Sinan (14), Mohammed Shafeer (14) and Ameer (12) — who were playing at the beach, and made them sit at the rear of the vehicle before driving recklessly.
While performing the drifting stunt, the vehicle went out of control and overturned, trapping Sinan underneath.
He suffered severe head injuries and succumbed to the impact, police said.
Based on a complaint, Kaipamangalam police registered a case under Section 105 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
After completing the preliminary probe, police arrested Shajeer on Monday.
He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody, police said.
The accused is involved in 11 criminal cases.
