The incident occurred a few days back when he had come here to meet them and exchange his money in demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, he said.
“The accused took him to a flat where he was tricked into believing that two policemen had come into the complex. He was asked to throw the money in a plot adjacent to the flat,” the DCP said, adding the accused policemen picked up the money, he even said that the victim has filed a complaint.
On the other day in the outskirts of the city, police caught two residents when they were exchanging scrapped notes with the new currency.
Gayasuddin, SHO at SEZ police station said, “Rs 8 lakh, including Rs 7.52 lakh in new Rs 2,000 notes, was recovered from Shyam Lal and Bhanwar who were exchanging notes in near Ajayrajpura village.”.
Sources claim that all the above cases were acknowledged by IT Department and will be quickly resolved as per the norms and notations.