Kanpur: Four arrested for selling fake gold biscuits

KANPUR: The police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a four-member gang involved in cheating people by selling fake gold biscuits here.
All four hails from Gonda district. The police identified them as Kalim Ahmad, Taj Babu, Kewle and Shiv Kumar. The police recovered 13 fake gold biscuits, three mobile phones and cash from their possession.
During questioning, they told the police they had cheated several people in the city’s crowded spots like Jhakarkati bus station, Kanpur Central, besides other public thoroughfares.
Investigators said the four would roam around crowded spots and look for soft targets. “One among them make hue and cry that he has lost a gold biscuit and ask passersby to help him fetch it. As per the plan, other members of the gang, who pretend themselves to be part of the crowd, conduct frantic search and after recovering the lost gold biscuit returned it to their counterpart. After targeting curious person in the crowd, they would then approach him saying that if he/she is interested in purchasing the gold biscuit, they would give him/her on very reasonable rates,” said Inspector Babupurwa Janardan Pratap Singh.
According to police, after negotiations, they would agree to sell the biscuits for anywhere between Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 6,000. “Once they got the money, they would hand over the fake gold biscuit and vanish,” said the police further.
The police were in search of the gang after receiving several complaints. SSP Dr Preetinder Singh had alerted the city police about the gang.