Gurgaon: Three men pretending to be CIA officers allegedly duped a businessman and took away Rs 50,000 from his godown early on Sunday.
According to the victim, Amarjeet, he was sleeping in his godown when three men approached him in a Swift Dzire car.
“They called out my name and said they had come from the agency’s ‘Bilaspur branch’. They said they had got information regarding presence of drugs in the godown,” said Amarjeet in his statement to the police. He added that the trio ransacked the entire place by turning the mattresses and opening all the doors.
Amarjeet had around Rs 70,000 cash inside the godown and the three men took away Rs 50,000 asking him to follow them to the Bilaspur police station. “As soon as they stepped out of the godown, they got into their car and fled the spot,” said the victim in his complaint.
Amarjeet then called the police control room and informed them about the incident. A team of policemen reached the spot and recorded a statement.
An FIR was registered under sections 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 379 (punishment for theft) and 420 (fraud) of the IPC.
“We have registered a case according to the complaint filed by the victim and are currently investigating the matter,” said a police officer.
Police said they are trying to identify the three impostors and track their vehicle using CCTV cameras installed in the nearby areas.
There have been similar cases in the city, wherein impostors disguised as policemen have duped people of money. In December last year, two Iranian nationals posed as cops and robbed money from two Turkmenistani nationals in city. The crime took place outside Fortis Hospital. They were later arrested from Lajpat Nagar in Delhi.