Three booked for cheating, black magic in Pune

PUNE: The Samarth police have booked three transgenders for cheating a 38-year-old woman from Shivajinagar to the tune of Rs 15,000.
Police said the suspects convinced the woman they would help solve her problems through rituals and cheated her.
The woman is a sweeper with the Pune city police. Her son studies in a school in Camp.
Last December, the boy stole some gold ornaments from their house and gave them to his friends to resolve a school dispute.
In May, while the woman was on duty, the three suspects approached her for alms and struck up a conversation with her, police said. The trio convinced her that they had the power to solve her problems.
The woman then told them about the jewellery. The trio asked her for money. They initially took Rs 3,000 from her. They took more money on various occasions and, when they continued to demand money without performing rituals, the woman got suspicious about them and approached the police.