Gurugram, April 16 -- Four men were separately arrested in Gurugram for allegedly cheating a resident of Rs.2.49 crore in cash and over 580 grams of gold by passing off brass-coated coins as genuine, police said on Thursday.

A case was registered at Sushant Lok police station on April 1, where the complainant alleged that on February 13, an unknown person approached him with an offer to sell gold and silver coins at cheap rates. The initial coins provided by the accused were verified as genuine, which helped build trust.

On March 2, the accused allegedly collected around Rs.2.49 crore in cash-arranged by the complainant on interest-and about 50 tolas of gold from his residence in Sushant Lok, in exchange for what later turned out to be ...