Two flee with gold watches worth Rs 22L

Vadodara: Two employees of Titan store on Race Course Road were cheated by two men who fled with watches worth Rs 22 lakh.
One of the employees Hitendrasinh Solanki told police that a man named Sandeep had shown interest in buying gold watches for gifting. Sandeep had called on the shop’s landline phone. On Sandeep’s insistence, Solanki shared photos of watches on WhatsApp on September 10 and on October 8. On Tuesday, Sandeep told Solanki that he will come to the shop and finalize the deal.
In the afternoon, Sandeep said he won’t be able to come to the shop, and Solanki should come to Welcomhotel with the watches. Solanki and his colleague Zaheer Sheikh went to the hotel on RC Dutt Road. Sandeep was not there, but another unidentified man was present in the room 208. The man told Solanki and Sheikh that their boss is sitting in another room, which was connected to the room they were in, and he will show the models to them.
Solanki gave the models to the man and he took it one after the other to the other room. While he brought a few back, the others were kept in the room. The man then took two more models and did not come out for several minutes. When Solanki became suspicious, he went to check, but did not find anyone and the watches were also not there.
The shop’s owner was informed about it and police were also called. In all 13 gold watches were taken away.