Three including woman arrested for fraud

Three persons, including a woman, were arrested from Bowbazar on Sunday morning on charges of threatening a jewellery shop owner of lodging a complaint against him alleging that he had sexually assaulted the woman.

Police said the accused woman, a resident of Bowbazar, had a taken a loan of Rs 25,000 from the jewellery shop owner, Prabir Bhowmik, in exchange of her gold chain.

Bhowmik was supposed to return the gold chain only after he got the money back from the woman. Since it had been a long time and the woman was not returning the money, Bhowmik contacted her over the phone.

A few weeks ago the woman had assured him of returning the money but she did not turn up at Bhowmik's shop. Finally, she called up the jewellery shop owner on Friday and assured him that she will return the money on Saturday.

Instead of going to his shop, the woman asked Bhowmik to come to her house saying that she was ill. She had also asked Bhowmik to bring the gold chain along with him.

There were two youth present in the house when the man went there. They closed the door and one of them pushed Bhowmik on the woman while the other youth who was ready with a cell phone. He clicked a photograph of the moment to prove as if the man was sexually assaulting the woman. They had taken away the gold chain and three gold rings from Bhowmik. They threatened him saying that they would lodge a complaint alleging sexual assault on the woman if he again asked for the money.

Bhowmik went to Bowbazar police station and narrated the entire incident. The police went to the spot and arrested all three of them after preliminary probe suggested the jewellery shop owner's allegations were true. All three of them were remanded to the custody of the police for three days.