Phone seller delivers empty box, arrested
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 08.12.2020
An 18-year-old student of an arts college was arrested for cheating a woman while selling a phone. The boy had handed over the woman an empty box and collected cash.
Police said Padmapriya, 45, a resident of Taylors Road, Kodambakkam, was browsing the internet for phones at a cheaper price.
Padmapriya came across an advertisement and contacted the seller. She gave her address and asked the person to deliver her the phone. The seller said he would collect the money after delivering the phone, said an investigating officer.
On Sunday morning, a youth came to her house, handed over a box and took ₹20,000. When Padmapriya opened the box, she found it empty. She raised alarm and her neighbours caught hold of the man. They bashed him up and handed him over to the police.
Police identified the man as Nithesh Kumar of Kottur. He was arrested and produced before a magistrate who sent him to judicial custody.
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