An 82-year-old woman was duped of jewellery worth lakhs under the pretext of taking a photograph to avail of benefits under a welfare scheme for senior citizens. The accused woman lured the victim by telling her about a scheme and took her in a taxi from Malad to Dadar where she fled with the jewellery. The Kurar police have registered an FIR and started investigating the case.

Jayaben Gandhi, a resident of the Kurar area in Malad East, went to a local Jain temple for prayers around 9 am on Sunday. After leaving the temple at about 10.30 am, she was approached by a woman aged around 40 years. The woman offered her some ‘prasad’ and told her about a welfare scheme for senior citizens. She then asked Gandhi to sit in an auto-rickshaw, taking her to a taxi stand near Shantaram Lake.