Case against 3 for duping Navi Mumbai man of Rs 5 lakh

A case has been registered against a woman, her son and another person for allegedly cheating a 41-year-old man from Navi Mumbai of Rs 5 lakh by selling him fake gold coins, police said.

The accused, hailing from Mumbra in Thane, initially gained the victim’s trust by selling him genuine gold coins. They later lured him into buying more coins and allegedly cheated him of Rs 5 lakh by selling him counterfeit coins, an official from Kharghar police station said.