Gang robs ornaments worth Rs 40,000

Mumbai: After a brief lull, the notorious Bol-Bachchan (glib talkers) gang seems to have made a comeback in the region. A 50-year-old woman was relieved of her gold ornaments worth more than Rs 40,000 by two miscreants in Bhayandar on Friday. According to the police, the crime was reported from the Navghar Road area in Bhayandar (east) at around 1 pm, when the woman identified as Durgawati Gupta was on the way to her sister’s house. Two men accosted her with information about presence of  thieves in the region and it was unsafe for her to move around wearing gold ornaments. Under the pretext of helping her, the miscreants asked her to remove the chain and earrings. The ornaments were wrapped in the woman’s handkerchief, but the duo apparently removed the jewellery and returned her handkerchief, ordering her not to open it until she reached home. When the woman opened the bundle at home, she found only stones. A case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 420 and 34 has been registered against the unidentified thieves, said an investigating officer.